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09-14-2003, 08:49 PM
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Do any Optical PS/2 mice work on serial ports?
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...)
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09-14-2003, 09:00 PM
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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.
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09-15-2003, 08:00 PM
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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.
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09-15-2003, 09:32 PM
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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. TwoRails |
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09-15-2003, 10:05 PM
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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.
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09-16-2003, 06:45 PM
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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.
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09-16-2003, 11:14 PM
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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.. TwoRails |
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09-17-2003, 08:35 PM
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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.
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09-17-2003, 11:29 PM
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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!
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