The Investronica Starmouse from Spain
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:45 pm
I do like obscure QL related stuff, and this falls into that category. With some QL gear from Spain I got this...
A "Star Mouse", made by Puricorp and marketed by Investronica mainly in Spain but apparently it was sold in the UK too.
It came with 2 cartridges. I re-felted them. Both of them had a little bit-rot, but fortunately in different files and as the content was largely the same, I was able to reconstruct all the original files and run the software. It starts with a large cartoon mouse then gives you a choice which I think equates to with instructions or without. Eventually you get to a drawing program, which doesn't look too bad. It wouldn't load on my more-than-128k machine and nor was it possible to plug the mouse in as it has a BT type connector (and I use a German QL as my main machine). It also plugs into the ROM port for power.
I tried it all out on my new Spanish QL and it all seems to work, cursor moves, single button works, but I can't understand the Spanish!
Anyone here from Spain familiar with this device? Is it just a mouse with a bundled drawing program or can you use the mouse in other QL software? I found this info which seems to suggest that it's not possible to use it with a more than 128k QL:
https://translate.google.co.uk/translat ... rev=search
A "Star Mouse", made by Puricorp and marketed by Investronica mainly in Spain but apparently it was sold in the UK too.
It came with 2 cartridges. I re-felted them. Both of them had a little bit-rot, but fortunately in different files and as the content was largely the same, I was able to reconstruct all the original files and run the software. It starts with a large cartoon mouse then gives you a choice which I think equates to with instructions or without. Eventually you get to a drawing program, which doesn't look too bad. It wouldn't load on my more-than-128k machine and nor was it possible to plug the mouse in as it has a BT type connector (and I use a German QL as my main machine). It also plugs into the ROM port for power.
I tried it all out on my new Spanish QL and it all seems to work, cursor moves, single button works, but I can't understand the Spanish!
Anyone here from Spain familiar with this device? Is it just a mouse with a bundled drawing program or can you use the mouse in other QL software? I found this info which seems to suggest that it's not possible to use it with a more than 128k QL:
https://translate.google.co.uk/translat ... rev=search