Posted By
Litwr
on 2023-10-27
11:19:22
|  Re: PS/2 mouse on Plus/4
@gerliczer I can't agree with you. The drawbacks in your list relate to the core design of the +4. IMHO they are quite normal for a very cheap design, which the +4 was. But mouse support could have been added at any time since the beginning. Actually IMHO the serial PC mouse would have been the best choice...
I also can't agree that the lack of a mouse was normal for 8-bit micros. The Apple II used mice massively since the early 80s. The C64 also had a mouse option and this made a lot of software (GEOS, graphic editors, etc) much more useful.
EDIT. IMHO The people who ported GEOS to the +4 should have provided a way to use a mouse.
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