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Commodore Amiga Scroll Wheel Mouse Setup: Easy Driver Installation Guide

If you’re a retro computing enthusiast, a Commodore Amiga with a scroll wheel mouse can make navigating Workbench and apps a breeze. In this guide, we’ll walk you through installing mouse drivers on your Amiga and enabling full scroll wheel functionality in Workbench.

Why a Driver Is Essential

AmigaOS 3.2+ has built-in scroll wheel support in the OS, the system still needs a compatible mouse driver to communicate with your hardware. Without the driver, the OS won’t recognize your mouse, and the scroll wheel won’t work. If you are on AmigaOS lower than 3.2 you will also need to install freewheel utility to enable windows to scroll in Workbench.

FreeWheel Utility By Alastair M. Robinson

https://aminet.net/util/mouse/FreeWheel.lha

What You Need for Your Amiga Scroll Wheel Setup

  • A Commodore Amiga running OS 2.04  or later – ***Note AmigaOS 3.2 or later does not require freewheel but does still need the mouse driver to be running or installed

  • The TruScroll Mouse Adapter or Mouse Upgrade

Step 1: Connect Your Mouse or Adapter

Plug your TruScroll mouse adapter into your Amiga (with the power off)

Step 2: Download and Install or run the Mouse Driver

Download the TankMouse Driver by Szymon Bieganski from the link below

https://aminet.net/driver/input/TankMouse.lha

Step 3: Test Scroll Wheel Functionality

If using Kickstart Open a Workbench window or a compatible application and try the scroll wheel. With the driver installed, you should be able to scroll through icons, lists, and documents smoothly

You can also use the utility RAWKEY utility to see scroll commands being received from the mouse

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Amiga Mouse Adapter

 

Mouse adapter’s for the commodore Amiga have been available for some time, the first adapters usually used a Microcontroller that did not contain a USB interface and relied on the mouse being PS/2 mode, many shapes and sizes of adapter were available some were very large and stuck out of the rear of the socket due to using through hole components requiring  a long circuit board.

The latest mouse adapters such as TruMouse were designed to be as small as possible and offer a high compatibility with most USB mice and even some wireless models from philips and Logitech

The TruMouse got its name as it’s a True USB adapter the dimension are just 30mm in Length and only 20mm Wide, its really tiny and fits ALL Amiga Models including the tightly spaced ports on the Amiga 600

              TruMouse Amiga USB Mouse Adapter

 

The TruMouse adapter is heat-shrinked to protect against static, various colour options are available, the image above shows the adapter with transparent shrink. The adapter is compatible with ALL Models of Commodore Amiga and the Amiga CD32 Console.

The TruMouse does not need any drivers or software and works when plugged in like any standard Amiga mouse, its supports 3 mouse button left click, right click and middle mouse button, this is the scroll wheel button on most PC mice

Wireless Mice on the Amiga ?

TruMouse supports most Logitech and the Philips M200 Series wireless usb mice from covering a range of budgets, starting at the Logitech M170 right up to the MX Master series

Checkout the Demonstration Video of the TruMouse Mouse Adapter from the Amiga Retro Cast on YouTube Channel

The TruMouse adapter is also available for ALL models of the Atari ST and Falcon 030