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Ok , ima be good and not tear open the hardware to install the bus mouse tonight, so there's time for a poll:

Microsoft BUS mouse. Best DOS driver?

#Dos#mouse#BusMouse

Moggie was showing great interest in a cabinet in our living room this morning and we soon found out why when this mouse ran out from underneath it. Moggie looked more surprised than anything and just sat looking at it, giving me time to put a bowl over it.
I released it in a field near where we live.

During an excavation in #LowerAustria, we discovered #cat bones, among other things, which #archaeozoologist #KarlKunst from the @univienna took a closer look at:
In contrast to other animal bones, they showed no traces of chopping or cutting.
So what were the cats doing? #Mouse hunters? #Pets? Or simply part of everyday life between the #MiddleAge and modern times? An exciting insight into the coexistence of #humans and #animals centuries ago

Researchers get viable #mice by editing #DNA from two #sperm
Altering chemical modifications of DNA lets the DNA from two sperm make a #mouse.
It took until earlier this year, when a very specific combination of 20 different gene edits and deletions enabled mice generated using the #chromosomes from two sperm cells to survive to adulthood.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0

A typical looking brown mouse an an all-blue background.
Ars Technica · Researchers get viable mice by editing DNA from two spermBy John Timmer