[K12OSN] Getting Optical-wheel mouse to work on com1?

[Petre Scheie]

What kind of adapter are you using to connect the mouse to the serial 
port?  A few years ago I found that 1) the PS2-to-DB9 adapter that comes 
with the mouse is usually proprietary to that mouse--in other words, the 
adapter from a Logitech mouse won't work with the adapter from a 
Microsoft mouse; 2) on old machines, the cable from the on-board serial 
connector to the DB9 port on the back of the machine could come in at 
least two different configurations, and they weren't interchangeable.   
Some cables had the connectors wired this way:

1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10

and others were
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10

None of which helps you.  Have you verified that the using the mouse via 
the serial port works on a regular (fat) machine?

Petre

Guy Lessard wrote:

> Has anyone gotten a optical wheel mouse (ps2 or usb) to work on the 
> serial port (thats all i got on P75)?
> I tried using Microsoft and IMPS2 protocols and keeping the port on 
> ttyS0 but no response.
>
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