Hack: Optical Mouse in a Classic Mac Mouse

A friend of mine sent me this cute little hack: how to build a modern optical mouse into a classic ADB mouse's housing. Simply solder the button to the left button of a new mouse, route out the old mouse's shell to accomodate the electronics of the new mouse, and solder on a USB cable to the new mouse's board. I like the fact that they found a USB cable in the same beige color as the original mouse.

So bust out your soldering iron and get to work! Bonus points if you integrate a touch sensitive scroll "wheel" under the large button.

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A friend of mine sent me this cute little hack: how to build a modern optical mouse into a classic ADB mouse's housing. Simply solder the...

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Collin

This was just a weekend hack that turned out quite well, and apparently inspired an even older mouse hack (see the earlier comment). The fact that the cable matched was pure luck - it had it laying around from a previous hack..possibly from a BIOS-flashing device I built... I'm a regular reader of TUAW, by the way :-P Love the site.

November 20 2005 at 3:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Matt Burns

Best yet. Put an iBook touchpad as the square click button so you can do the "two fingure scroll."

November 18 2005 at 7:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

the flash

I have made a opctical version of the first apple mouse! some pictures on my website: http://www.cerealbox.com.br/mouse this is a cool device ever! :D

November 18 2005 at 4:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply