Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!homxb!homxc!rps
From: rps@homxc.UUCP (R.SHARPLES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Extension Tail?
Message-ID: <2404@homxc.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 87 13:56:57 GMT
References: <6640008@hpfclp.HP.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
Lines: 22
Summary: Radio Shack Joystick extension cable

In article <6640008@hpfclp.HP.COM>, ler@hpfclp.HP.COM (Larry Rupp) writes:
> I run my PC pedestal-style (alongside my desk) and find the tail of my
> Microsoft bus mouse to be about two feet too short for comfort.  (This is
> an old style, pre-"soap-on-a-rope", mouse.  Cable length approx. 5 ft)
> 
> Anyone know where to find an extension tail?
> 
> Larry Rupp
> ler@hpfcla

I believe that the MS mouse uses a DB-9 connector (9 pins, asymetrically
shaped plug).  If so, a Radio Shack Joystick extension cable would do
the job just fine.  It can be found at any RS store for less than $10.

Russ Sharples
homxc!rps

NOTE:

The above in NO WAY reflects the opinions of AT&T.
These opinions are my own and the results of un-scientific and 
highly irregular analysis methods.