[geeks] Stupid mouse tricks

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 12:42, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> I have a computer w/o PS/2 ports, and I've never managed to find the proper
> thing to connect to the header on the mobo to get USB working.  But, I'd
> like a new mouse for it.  The mouse I want is an IBM USB mouse that comes
> with a USB->PS/2 converter.  Could that be used in conjunction with a
> PS/2->Serial converter to make the new mouse work on this old machine?

Uhm, maybe.  RS232 Serial != PS/2 (duh), so if the mouse actually speaks
RS232 when hooked to a serial port then you're all set.  I don't have
any USB devices, so I've never tried it.
	Greg

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