RE: Mouse Mania !!

1998-10-19 Thread Dan Doore
Anybody wants to connect a PC mouse to the SAM ?? I think so! All you need is the COMMs interface (with the RS232 part). And solder a single wire at the connector to make them work (with a special driver) . If you have a Microsoft Ballpoint Mouse you even don't have to solder the wire .

Re: Mouse Mania !!

1998-10-19 Thread Andrew Gale
Will this work with normal PS/2 type mice as well? If so then would it be easy to make a 9-pin - PS/2 converter with said extra wire? Nope - the RS232 mice run off +12v and -12v (well, 12ish..) but the PS/2 mice run of +5v, 0v. Also, the PS/2 mouse communicates synchronously (whereas RS232