Swami Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 I was wondering if there is a good value optical mouse for the Amiga without an adapter yet and is it available for $35 or less. I have seen the SNES optical mouse by Hyperkin for $19 and a laser optical replacement board for the amiga mice for about $70 - at least twice what I would be interested in paying. Although this appears to be a very fancy board, with adjustable sensitivity and lift distance. It seems like the Amigas have the most diverse support for modern hardware solutions that I would be surprised one doesn't exist yet for a reasonable price. Also surprised there isn't a C64 one. Maybe people are satisfied enough with usb mouse adapters. Edit: In the way of explanation, I have a couple amiga mice and trackballs, but they tend to have at least one direction or button getting wonky. I tried fixing a C64 mouse like that once and killed it, so a new optical Amiga mouse and C64 mouse would be welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Are you sure you wouldn't want to go for an adapter? This one's pretty awesome (and even acts as a switch so that you can change to game controller when you need to without having to unplug-plug cables): https://www.ebay.com/itm/TOM-USB-Mouse-Joystick-Adapter-for-Commodore-C-64-C-128-AMIGA-ATARI-ST-TT/172314579823?hash=item281ebfd36f:g:wiUAAOSwYIxX~Al- http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=88711 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddUGA Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I own the black version of this one from Amigakit and it works very well. It is a few dollars over your $35 price however. http://amigakit.amiga.store/product_info.php?products_id=1311 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I own the black version of this one from Amigakit and it works very well. It is a few dollars over your $35 price however. http://amigakit.amiga.store/product_info.php?products_id=1311 I am put off by the size of the plug on that thing. I would have expected something like that from AmigaKit to be molded. I also see the Cocolino is only $25. BITD I paid twice that much for each of mine, but these are great to use ANY optical PS/2 mouse and not as clunky as most of the Amiga-to-USB interfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMenard Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I think I saw a kit somewhere to convert the tank mouse to an optical mouse, but i don't remember wher I've seen it.... It's a pcb replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Cade Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I have a couple of converted Microsoft optical "BUS" mice that I converted to Amiga. The BUS mice are easy, just cut the cable and rewire to the Amiga DB9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80s_Atari_Guy Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I just use a "Jerry" converter, and a decent quality PC USB wired Mouse. The mouse works great, and much better than any Amiga mouse. Although, the converter sticks out quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I have the Cocolino and it is the perfect adapter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 I think I saw a kit somewhere to convert the tank mouse to an optical mouse, but i don't remember wher I've seen it.... It's a pcb replacement. I saw this one, it was $70 euros, but very adaptable in both x and y dpi, separately, and lift detection (1-5mm). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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