Does a Kensington Expert Mouse need an external adapter?

[Steve Thatcher]

The Kensington Expert Mouse is just a mouse that uses a cable for 
either PS2 or serial port connections. It does use a minidin 
connector on it. I don't recall if it can be used on a MAC or not.

best regards, Steve Thatcher

At 01:15 PM 7/2/2006, you wrote:


>  Very likely that it uses an adaptor box. Almost all Macs 
> (exclusive of the Plus) with MiniDIN-8 serial also had MiniDIN-4 
> ADB interface, which would be what a mouse would use.
>Even on a Plus I don't see why anyone would go to the trouble of 
>rewriting enough drivers to use the serial ports for a mouse when 
>the mouse port is available and SSW expects its use.
>
>Could this be a NeXT trackball?