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Now that you mention it - I now recall the mouse connectors being underneath my 1040ST. What a horrible place for them, but the back panel was full (SCSI connec
by chiph 6y ago
Now that you mention it - I now recall the mouse connectors being underneath my 1040ST. What a horrible place for them, but the back panel was full (SCSI connector, DB-25 connector, MIDI ports, floppy DIN, and more) so they were tight on space.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoThe STe and later machines added a new set of joystick ports on the left hand side of the machine (south of the cartridge port). But they were "extended joystick", DE-15 ports, semi-compatible with the Atari Jaguar. But there's no reason they couldn't have put the original mouse/joystick ports on the sides, in a similar way. Put one on each side and then make the choice of which is mouse swappable, to be friendly to left handed users. Not the best industrial design as it was. Kind of neat at first, but then a pain later.