Do any Optical PS/2 mice work on serial ports?

[TwoRails]

An out of state friend has an old, pre PS/2 computer running Win ME. They are tired of cleaning mice. Does anybody know if there is any Optical PS/2 mice that will work on a serial port?? (with an adaptor, of course...)


TIA

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[ktkendall]

It shouldn't be any different than using a PS/2 to serial adapter on a standard PS/2 mouse that has the rolllerball. The optical part is self contained in the mouse and doesn't depend upon anything in the PC itself.

[RJ]

Haven'd had success with an adapter yet, but I don't think any PC powerful enough to run WinME has no PS/2 ports. If it's an AT board then look for the connections on the board, and all you need is the jack itself.

RJ

[TwoRails]

Hi Everybody :)

Now that you mention it, yes, it's an old AT system... one of my old AMD K6-2 450Mhz units. (and I remember when it was Hot!)

I mailed it out to her late last year, and was out there on vacation at Christmas time to finish setting it up. Even for the keyboard, I had to get a PS2 adaptor to hook it up.

I know I had PS2 ball mice and trackballs hooked up to it with an adaptor, but didn't know if an optical mouse would work.

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[flsurf420]

well correct me if i am wrong (which i probably am) hook up the usb mouse to the ps/2 adapter then hook that up to the serial port adapter.

[Quintz]

I currently have both my keyboard and mouse running through usb adapters into ps/2 ports. They run fine in windows, but when running dos and startup, I have probs.

[TwoRails]

Thanks everybody :)

I'll think I'll just have her go to the local Best Buy and get a PS2 to serial adaptor and optical mouse and try it out. Best Buy has a "satisfaction" guarantee, so if it doesn't work, she can take it back..

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[RJ]

The best would be to get the back panel plate for PS/2, they're pretty cheap and I believe the board has PS/2. You should check that.

RJ

[TwoRails]

Thanks for the idea, RJ, but there is no back panel plate on this desktop case. The mobo, unfortuneately doesn't have PS/2 on it. I wish it did! :( :)

TwoRails