MicroSpeed trackball with 9-pin female connector?

#1 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 - 02:29

I recently purchased a serial trackball which reportedly works on a compact Mac. Took it out of the box and the trackball has a 9-pin female connector, not male as I was expecting.

I'm wondering if this was from a PC now. The trackball in question is a MicroSpeed PC-Trac.

Any ideas if this will work? I did some searching and many folks anecdotal state that the MicroSpeed trackballs are all the same except for the interface (be it ADB, PS/2 or Serial). Would it be as simple as a male -> female adapter?

Thanks,

-10d

#2 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 - 18:44

For this you'll need the kind of cable that you use to connect a printer: a male-to-male cable. Connect one end to the back of your Mac and the other end to the connector on the trackball.

#3 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 - 19:11

That sounds like a PC serial device so it won't work with a Mac. The Mac version was called a Max-Trac, I believe.