This initally didn't seem to make it through so I'm attempting to repost. ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: Re: Ok... so its a stupid question Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 22:14:33 -0800 From: David Aikema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On December 21, 2001 08:20 pm, Ted Ozolins wrote: > On Friday 21 December 2001 06:41 pm, Tim Wunder wrote: > > Previously, David Aikema chose to write: > > > 2. Would an optical mouse get enough electro-juice via the serial port > > > to enable it to work... or are the ps2 and usb ports capable of > > > powering more demanding devices? > > Why not just get an USB adapter card and be done with it? The people owning this computer aren't really technology enthusiasts.... they just don't want to upgrade. I lent them an old serial mouse which was in perfect working order and they've been using that for the past month or so (somehow that mouse has always slipped my mind). The machine in question is a cyrix p150+ w/ 16 megs ram running windows 95 on a 1 gig or smaller hard drive.... the usb adaptor would almost be worth as much as the entire machine from the looks of things. David Aikema ------------------------------------------------------- Your message cannot be delivered to the following recipients: Recipient address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reason: Remote SMTP server has rejected address Diagnostic code: smtp;530 5.7.1 Relaying not allowed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remote system: dns;10.0.120.44 (TCP|10.0.120.198|55242|10.0.120.44|25) (pd5mq1so.prod.shaw.ca -- Server ESMTP [iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 [built May 7 2001]]) Hmn... I know Bill Day and at least one other person appeared to be having similar problems the other day... David Aikema _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
