Also WTB: DEC VSXXX-AA Mouse or Compatible
If available, I'd like to purchase a bunch. I am setting up a lab to work on X11 (and then accelerated X11) support for NetBSD, on: - Vaxstation II - Vaxstation II/GPX - vaxstation 2000 with 8-plane GPX, and mono if I can find another chassis - microvax 3100 with. mono, GPX, and/or SPX - DECstation 5000 with a range of Turbochannel graphics options (and 3100s if I fix more PSUs) - Dec 3000 AXP, with a range of Turbohannel graphics options ( I have 300, 500, 600, and 700) I vaguely recall someone (in Australia?) mentioning they had -CA or -GA mice "by the kilogram". I'd pay fair price and shipping to the USA. (I live in the San Francisco Bay Area) . Obviously I can move a single mouse around if required, but that can cause issues on reboot when no mouse is present. 3W3 to BNC. (BC29G), BC18P/BC19S, DEC DB15-to-RGB (mono or RGB, BC23J-03?), and DEC DB15 to mouse/keyboard cables (17-02640-01), also sought after.j
Re: Also WTB: DEC VSXXX-AA Mouse or Compatible
if you end up buying "a few kilograms" of those mice, I could use a couple, too (I'm also in the Bay Area). On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 11:52 AM Jonathan Stone via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > If available, I'd like to purchase a bunch. I am setting up a lab to work > on X11 (and then accelerated X11) support for NetBSD, on: > - Vaxstation II > - Vaxstation II/GPX > - vaxstation 2000 with 8-plane GPX, and mono if I can find another chassis > - microvax 3100 with. mono, GPX, and/or SPX > - DECstation 5000 with a range of Turbochannel graphics options (and > 3100s if I fix more PSUs) > - Dec 3000 AXP, with a range of Turbohannel graphics options ( I have > 300, 500, 600, and 700) > > I vaguely recall someone (in Australia?) mentioning they had -CA or -GA > mice "by the kilogram". I'd pay fair price and shipping to the USA. > (I live in the San Francisco Bay Area) . > > Obviously I can move a single mouse around if required, but that can cause > issues on reboot when no mouse is present. > > 3W3 to BNC. (BC29G), BC18P/BC19S, DEC DB15-to-RGB (mono or RGB, > BC23J-03?), and DEC DB15 to mouse/keyboard cables (17-02640-01), also > sought after.j >
Re: Also WTB: DEC VSXXX-AA Mouse or Compatible
> On Feb 11, 2022, at 2:52 PM, Jonathan Stone via cctalk > wrote: > > > If available, I'd like to purchase a bunch. FWIW: it would not be all that hard to convert from readily available USB (or PS2) mice to DEC protocol. I did the analogous work for keyboards (LK201) on Arduino. That same hardware could do this job with different firmware Someone asked me about that a while ago; it's not something I would undertake because I don't have any relevant systems to use it on, but it doesn't look like a difficult job. paul
Re: Also WTB: DEC VSXXX-AA Mouse or Compatible
Jonathan asked > If available, I'd like to purchase a bunch. I am setting up a lab to work on > X11 (and then accelerated X11) support for NetBSD, on: > - Vaxstation II > - Vaxstation II/GPX > - vaxstation 2000 with 8-plane GPX, and mono if I can find another chassis > - microvax 3100 with. mono, GPX, and/or SPX > - DECstation 5000 with a range of Turbochannel graphics options (and 3100s > if I fix more PSUs) > - Dec 3000 AXP, with a range of Turbohannel graphics options ( I have 300, > 500, 600, and 700) > > I vaguely recall someone (in Australia?) mentioning they had -CA or -GA mice > "by the kilogram". I'd pay fair price and shipping to the USA. > (I live in the San Francisco Bay Area) . > Indeed I do, and posted a photo of the 3kg bag of DEC VSXXX-GA previously. In addition I found I also have some VSXXX-AA, VSXXX-BB, PCXAS-AA, PC7XS-CA and 30-46117-02 mice. Untested, the lot of them. Regarding the puck mice I'm afraid the chalky roller discs have completely perished and there's hardly a trace of them left, most have only the shafts. Certainly not mechanically useable in their current state. But, that's what I have. I designed and 3D printed replacement rollers that use a small O-ring on the edge https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2899467 The VSXXX-BB have a 4-contact plug with two side locking arms and are like a chunkier version of an RJ11 I guess you could describe it. Contact me offlist stevenNOLUNCHMEATatNOLUNCHMEATmalikoffNOLUNCHMEATdotCOM perhaps we can work something out re quantity. I was thinking about 35 USD per VSXXX-GA and 50 USD per VSXXX-BB (as they need repair). That can then go toward the UniBone I'm saving up for :) Let me know if you think that's too much. Also I'm in Oz so postage so I'm guessing postage won't be cheap. Steve. ps. also have a bunch of PDP-9 flip chips I would like to sell/trade sometime.
