Easier to just buy a $3 9 to 25pin converter, switch cables on MB and put mouse
on converter.
Don't put modem on converter, they are usually pinned for just a mouse and modems
won't work.
Or don't switch cables, just fix mouse in all places that require it...
KompuKit wrote:
> okay, next question...the modem only has ONE 9 pin plug cable...
> the other end is internally attached inside the modem housing.
>
> I only have one free 25 pin plugin...on the back of my computer
> which goes to com 2 plug on the motherboard....which is right this
> second
> hooked up to a US Robotics 33.6k external modem...
> the other 9 pin plug next to the 25 pin...is for my mouse on com 1.
>
> I do have an old 9 pin mouse systems ISA i/o card...can I insert this
> in an open ISA slot, and use it instead of the 25 pin plugin....
>
> Alex V Flinsch wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > I just bought a Viking 56k External Modem / windows version
> > > model#RFM5SKEXT V.90 k56 flex....it says it's 100%
> > > compatible with win98/95/NT/3.11/DOS.....
> > >
> > > will this modem work under linux?
> >
> > Most likely it will. it is external and mentioned 3.11 & Dos. Sometimes the
> > "windows version" just refers to the software which is included in the box.
> >
> > --
> > Alex
> > (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
>
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