Tracked down the gone-missing BusMouse.cpp and updated the links (thi…

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jeffpar · Apr 18, 2020 · 865c07c · 865c07c
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diff --git a/blog/_posts/2017/2017-10-13-corporations-are-crappy-archivists.md b/blog/_posts/2017/2017-10-13-corporations-are-crappy-archivists.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ I even found some [software](https://github.com/fr1tz/aimsgui/blob/master/aid/os
 a "microsoft bus mouse" but was actually emulating an InPort mouse.
 
 Thankfully, one decidedly unconfused person, [Michal Necasek](http://www.os2museum.com), sent me a link to his
-[Bus Mouse](https://www.virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/ExtPacks/BusMouseSample/BusMouse.cpp) emulation,
+[Bus Mouse](https://www.virtualbox.org/browser/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/ExtPacks/BusMouseSample/DevBusMouse.cpp) emulation,
 which includes the following prologue that gets it exactly right:
 
 	The Microsoft Bus Mouse was an early mouse sold by Microsoft, originally
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ which includes the following prologue that gets it exactly right:
 This is one of the telltale signs of a conscientious programmer: comments that are relevant, detailed, accurate,
 and provide invaluable context that source code alone does not.
 
+NOTE: The above file has already moved once (without any redirect), so just in case that happens again, we've saved
+a [copy](/machines/pcx86/devices/microsoft/mouse/virtualbox/BusMouse.cpp).
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 Anyway, I wanted to supplement this information with the Microsoft KnowledgeBase articles that he referenced;
 specifically:
 

diff --git a/machines/pcx86/README.md b/machines/pcx86/README.md
@@ -122,9 +122,11 @@ parameters to an "uncompiled" machine's URL; make sure there's also a *?* separa
 
 #### Microsoft Bus Mouse
 
-See this [Microsoft Bus Mouse implementation](https://www.virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/ExtPacks/BusMouseSample/BusMouse.cpp),
+See this [Microsoft Bus Mouse implementation](https://www.virtualbox.org/browser/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/ExtPacks/BusMouseSample/DevBusMouse.cpp),
 written by [Michal Necasek](http://www.os2museum.com) for Oracle's [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org).
 
+NOTE: The above file has already moved once (without any redirect), so just in case that happens again, we've saved a [copy](/machines/pcx86/devices/microsoft/mouse/virtualbox/BusMouse.cpp).
+
 It references two Microsoft KnowledgeBase (KB) Articles of note:
 
 - [Q12230: IRQ Settings and Mouse Installation](/pubs/pc/reference/microsoft/kb/Q12230/)