I wish manufacturers would use AA/AAA batteries more to power their thingy. Now they make USB rechargeable AA/AAA batteries. These batteries are standard, cheap, can be bought everywhere and are easily replaceable.<p>My Logitech MX Master 3S is a great mouse. It has everything I want in a mouse but no standard battery. Not even replaceable (no screws, everything glued together). I dread the day the battery will die. Then the mouse is just junk to be tossed in a landfill.<p>I had to use my old TI89 calculator the other day. Took it out of the drawer where it has been sitting for maybe 10 years. Insert some 4 AAA batteries that I took from my remote and my thermometer station and it just works.
RetroGames.biz, makers of THEC64 and THEA500, also sell TheMouse, a wired tank style mouse for use with THEA500. It's a USB device, however, and will work with a PC or a real Amiga with Tom adapter.<p>I picked up a TheGamepad, their Amiga CD32-styled gamepad, for use with my MiSTer.
The article brought a 30 year old memory to the surface: the strangely satisfying experience of the weekly clean of the Amiga mouse’s ball and rollers.
You can 3D print a Tank Mouse, paired with wireless mouse components from Bambu Lab (not really compatible with legacy computers, it's just a generic wireless mouse, but cool for those that just want the look)<p><a href="https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/wireless-mouse-components-kit-002" rel="nofollow">https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/wireless-mouse-compon...</a><p><a href="https://makerworld.com/en/models/102163" rel="nofollow">https://makerworld.com/en/models/102163</a>
Okay, a touch-sensitive invisible scroll-strip between the buttons is _genius_. I need to learn more about how those features are embedded into the case plastic.
It's interesting how much the Amiga GUI looks like early Macintosh OS. What's up with that?<p>Pretty cool.<p><a href="https://lyonsden.net/wordpress_s/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_4146-1070x803.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://lyonsden.net/wordpress_s/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/...</a>
Now all we need is a full-sized Amiga keyboard.<p>I’m not joking - a lot of the experience of using an old computer is the physical side - cycle-accuracy only takes you so far, and even a software emulator with the proper form factor is better than an FPGA implementation with the wrong one.