On Saturday, November 5, 2022 7:21 PM, I wrote: >> My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like better >> than the modern equivalents: >> ... >> 2. A Logitech M-MD15L three-button roller-ball serial mouse (from 2006); and >> 3. An HP LaserJet 5MP printer from 1995 with a parallel-port connector.
On Monday, November 7, 2022 5:17 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater <amaca...@einval.com> replied: > you can still get a Lenovo desktop with optional serial port and parallel > port as far as I can see. Thanks. I'll look into that. And on Monday, November 7, 2022 6:08 PM, David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: > If any mouse can be opened and resealed, then it is quite possible that the > scroll sensor can be disabled by some simple method that would require little > time and effort. > ... > Anyone inclined to tinker with hardware, even with only curiosity and no > expertise, has a good chance of achieving this, if you can find such a > person. Good idea. I can do this sort of thing if, as you say, I can get inside. I clean TV remotes inside easily but can hardly get them open without breaking the cases. On Monday, November 7, 2022 7:37 PM, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > Elecom M-CAD01UBBK is a $15-20 USB mouse with three buttons, no scroll wheel. Thanks for the good news. I may be slow to get this done, but whenever I do I'll report back. Thanks again to everyone for your help. ________________________________________ From: Peter von Kaehne <ref...@gmx.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 12:46 AM To: David Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: support for ancient peripherals External Email: Use Caution You can also buy not too expensively PCIe cards for serial and parallel port. The printer I connected through a parallel to usb adapter cable Peter Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird “corrections” > On 7 Nov 2022, at 23:09, David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 at 05:01, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) > <kleen...@ucmail.uc.edu> wrote: > >> For me a scroll wheel has always been a deal-breaker, and I recently >> couldn't find any mice without that. (A few years ago I found just one, >> from HP, and I didn't like using it.) I click with the center button >> a lot, and (maybe at my skill level) a scroll button often causes jitter >> in the display. I wonder if it's possible to turn off the scrolling >> function of the scroll wheel while still allowing clicks to be detected. > > Hi, > > Regarding the above, and to relieve the previously-mentioned dependence on > the ancient mouse from 2006, I offer the following thoughts that might > expand the set of potential solutions ... > > If any mouse can be opened and resealed, then it is quite possible that the > scroll sensor can be disabled by some simple method that would require > little time and effort. > > Depending on how it is constructed, disabling either its mechanical, > optical, or electrical operation either temporarily or permanently are all > possibilities. > > Mechanical: > - prevent rotation. > - render rotation ineffective. > (eg wedge it, or decouple it) > Optical: > - physically block the optical path. > Electrical: > - disable either input or output of sensor > (eg wire cutters or desolder or cut pcb tracks) > > There appears to be numerous videos posted to youtube that explain how > various mice scroll sensors work. > > Anyone inclined to tinker with hardware, even with only curiosity and no > expertise, has a good chance of achieving this, if you can find such > a person. > > If attempted on one or several low-value simple mice, this could be > a non-scary learning exercise for yourself or anyone else you know who > wants to try it. > > For anyone with electronics knowledge, this will be a simple request, and > the hardest part will be opening the mouse. So another approach would be to > find a mouse that you can open, and open it up yourself, and then take it > anywhere that does electronics hardware work, and explain what you want and > that you have opened it to make it easy for them to inspect, and ask if they > would take a quick look and consider doing this job for a fee that is > acceptable. >
