http://atariage.com/forums/topic/198878-mouse-conversion/
I just got a reasonably cheap Atari 1040STF without any accessories. I jury rigged a VGA cable that I'll solder into a real 13-pin DIN connector when it arrives, but I still have no mouse. The potentially easiest way of circumventing that, since I don't want to pay the $20 for any of the originals on eBay, is to make my own adapter. So far it's looking like this will probably cost just about the same as an adapter on eBay... but be that much more fun.
But I may need help with this. I posted on vintage-computer forums but they will be less familiar with the ADB end, I think. Can anyone decipher how much of this is actually on his board - and which components are on his board? The chip I get; pretty much everything else eludes me.
I just got a reasonably cheap Atari 1040STF without any accessories. I jury rigged a VGA cable that I'll solder into a real 13-pin DIN connector when it arrives, but I still have no mouse. The potentially easiest way of circumventing that, since I don't want to pay the $20 for any of the originals on eBay, is to make my own adapter. So far it's looking like this will probably cost just about the same as an adapter on eBay... but be that much more fun.
But I may need help with this. I posted on vintage-computer forums but they will be less familiar with the ADB end, I think. Can anyone decipher how much of this is actually on his board - and which components are on his board? The chip I get; pretty much everything else eludes me.