The MouSTer is a tool that permits trendy USB HID mice for use on numerous retro computer systems. The undertaking has been by means of its ups and downs over years, however [drygol] is right here to say one factor: rumors of the MouSTers demise have been tremendously exaggerated. Now, the undertaking is again and higher than ever!

The workforce has been exhausting at work on quashing bugs and bringing new options to bear. The headline is that the MouSTer undertaking will now supply mouse wheel assist for Amiga customers. That is fairly the coup, as mouse wheels had been extremely obscure till the late 90s. Now, customers of Commodore’s best machines will be capable of scroll with abandon with trendy HID mice.

Whereas the progress is grand, a lot remains to be left to be completed. Regardless of the identify, the MouSTer was by no means supposed to solely serve Atari customers. Future targets contain including assist for ADB mice for retro Macs, DB9 mouse assist for even-older Apple machines, and DB9 mouse assist for older PCs. The workforce is raring for there to be one MouSTer to rule all of them, so to talk, and hopes to make the last word retro laptop mouse adapter to function many functions as attainable.

We first appeared on the MouSTer again in 2020, and it’s nice to see how far it’s come.