Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Tom Ehlert
> The serial port is opened in FreeBasic with : > Open Com "COM1:38400,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs" For Random As #CP FreeBasic doesn't support FIFO, and most likely no IRQ. try Open Com "COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs" For Random As #CP and see if that changes your problem. Tom

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Tom Ehlert
> FreeBasic doesn't support FIFO, and most likely no IRQ. > try > Open Com "COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs" For Random As #CP > and see if that changes your problem. sorry, not true. FreeBasic seems to use IRQ, but not FIFO. anyway, try Open Com "COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,r

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Bret Johnson
> The mouse is a USB, but with a usb to PS2 adapter works on the PS@ > port. I want to clarify this again, since some people who may have valid ideas on things to try may simply be throwing up their hands and saying, "This is a USB problem, and I don't know anything about USB." Your mouse is no

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Dinosaur
Hi All Bret Johnson wrote > I should also point out that the combination USB/PS2 mice were pretty > common back when USB first came out (mid 1990's), but not so much any > more. Most modern mice only do USB and not PS2. If you try to put one of > those USB-to-PS2 adapters on a pure USB mouse, i

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread TJ Edmister
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:33:47 -0500, Tom Ehlert wrote: > >> FreeBasic doesn't support FIFO, and most likely no IRQ. > >> try > >> Open Com "COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs" For Random As #CP > >> and see if that changes your problem. > > sorry, not true. > FreeBasic seems to use IRQ, but no

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread TJ Edmister
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:55:42 -0500, TJ Edmister wrote: > > There is an argument that can be passed in the Open Com statement to > specify a buffer size. Is it supported in DOS? Maybe I will have to whip > out FB DOS compiler and experiment. BTW, I'm not sure why you are adding > For Random, or