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- From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Can I adapt a serial mouse to a PS/2 mouse port?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.225551.3809@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 22:55:51 GMT
- Article-I.D.: iecc.1993Jan25.225551.3809
- Organization: I.E.C.C.
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- I have a Logitech serial three button mouse that plugs into a serial port.
- But I'd like to use the serial port for something else and there's a perfectly
- good PS/2 mouse port on the motherboard.
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- Is it possible to adapt a serial mouse to a PS/2 port? The voltage levels
- look to be the same. It's not clear to be whether the clocking is compatible.
- Advice sought, TIA.
-
- (I'd buy a PS/2 mouse, but none of them have three buttons.)
-
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