Re: Ok... so its a stupid question
Previously, David Aikema chose to write: mouse usb-ps2 ps2-serial No cigar. The fly in this ointment is that no two ps2-serial adaptors are born equal. They are married to the mouse that they came with. There is no such thing as a 'generic' ps2-serial adaptor. The ps2-serial adaptor that you have is a cheat and a liar, it's ps2 connection is expecting a mouse, a specific oem mouse at that, the last thing it expects is to be hit with is another (male) ps2 connector and I am unaware of any circumstance where what you have will work. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Ok... so its a stupid question
On Thursday 27 December 2001 05:55 am, you wrote: Previously, David Aikema chose to write: mouse usb-ps2 ps2-serial No cigar. The fly in this ointment is that no two ps2-serial adaptors are born equal. They are married to the mouse that they came with. There is no such thing as a 'generic' ps2-serial adaptor. The ps2-serial adaptor that you have is a cheat and a liar, it's ps2 connection is expecting a mouse, a specific oem mouse at that, the last thing it expects is to be hit with is another (male) ps2 connector and I am unaware of any circumstance where what you have will work. The biggest problem isn't thepinouts of either of these, as all the ps2 pinouts are the same, the problem is that ps2 and usb both have a +5V and ground available capable of supplying more current than any serial bus can ever hope to. Most devices built for usb require that extra zap and even if you were to custum build an adapter that would allow you to connect that usb device to a seriaal port I doubt that it would ever operate properly. Hence my previous comment; Get a USB adapter card and be done with it. ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Fwd: Re: Ok... so its a stupid question
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
Ok... so its a stupid question
I'm just wonderinf if there's a limit to the number of adaptors that you can throw on a peripheral. I've currently got a usb optical wheel mouse sitting around that someone I know wants to use on a motherboard that only gives you serial mouse support. The thing currently has a usb-ps2 converter on it and then a ps2-serial converter attached to that. I can verify that the mouse works, as well as does the usb-ps2 adaptor... but the mouse fails to work when attached to the serial port with the second adaptor. I know somewhere around I've got a second ps2-serial adaptor that I can verify works.. but I can't find it for the life of me. So... I guess I've really got two questions... 1. Is there a limit to the number of adaptors that you can shove on a peripheral? ...and... 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? David Aikema ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Ok... so its a stupid question
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? I wouldn't think the serial port can provide enough power. The PC serial port doesn't have a dedicated power pin. AFAIK, power is gotten from there by tying certain signal pins (RTS+CTS??). I would doubt it could power it. I think you can buy adapters that'll steal power from the keyboard or mouse ports, though. Check out BB Electronics, or Black Box. I think they have web sites. HTH, Tim ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Ok... so its a stupid question
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? ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Ok... so its a stupid question
I have one on a box that runs col2.3, works fine. On Saturday 22 December 2001 04:20, 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? ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Ronnie == Each days terror almost a form of boredom madmen at the wheel and stepping on the gas and the brakes no good and each day one, sometimes two, morning glories faultless, blue, blue sometimes flecked with magenta each lit from within with the first sunlight -- Denise Levertov -- ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
