On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:57:51 -0700 Ole Juul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I can't tell you about the specific card but, yes, you
>>definately need a special bus mouse. They are electrically
>>incompatible with other mice, including the ps/2
>>motherboard mice which have the same connector.
>> The card should be configurable for different IRQs, but
>>since they are 8 bit cards, they are limited in the IRQs
>>which they can use. You save a comport but you still loose
>>an IRQ. IRQ5 is what is usually the best choice in systems
>>which already have two serial ports. Another disadvantage
>>is that it takes up a slot which may be needed for
>>something else. Ofcourse, the fact that you need a
>>relatively hard to find mouse is no advantage either.
>> I have tried them but don't see any advantage and there
>>is even a libiality because someone could plug a ps/2
>>mouse into it which could reportedly cause damage. I have
>>yet to run into a situation where I don't have either a
>>serial port, or motherboard mouse connector available, and
>>that is the only situation where I think it could be handy.
>> Note that Microsoft sometimes calls a bus mouse an
>>"Inport" mouse. Same thing, just a proprietary name.
I thought that I might be able to free up COM1 for an external modem to use
with (I have a Performance Peripherals 14.4) my internal 33.6 in place
also. It kind of seems like a wash since you give up other things to get
the serial port (kind of like life). I don't have a bus mouse either. Since
many serial and PS2 mice work on either port (with an appropriate adapter,
I guess the bus mouse is a rather useless anachronism.
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 04:38:46 +0400 "Chad A. Fernandez"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>What about Microsoft cards? Is the situation the same? I have 2 of
>>them that I recently got in a pair of 386's. I assumed they were for
>>PS/2 mice.
The bus mouse card I have has a regular DB9 mouse connector. I have not
seen any with the PS/2 mini din connector.
>>Chad A. Fernandez
>>Battle Creek, MI
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:37:00 +0100 Ben A L Jemmett
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I can't tell you about the specific card but, yes, you
>definately need a special bus mouse. They are electrically
>incompatible with other mice, including the ps/2
>motherboard mice which have the same connector.
>>Uhm... that's a bit of an overgeneralization I fear... The mouse on the
>>Amstrad PC1000 (2000 as well?) series is technically a bus mouse,
>>hooking itself into the keyboard controller sections of the Amstrad
>>VLSI silicon and providing both standard mouse functions and triggering
>>cursor keys - the same as the Amstrad joystick port. However, it's a
>>9-pin D connector, physically identical to a 9-pin serial *port* but
>>wired completely differently.
>>The Amstrad machine predates the PS/2 range by quite a while.
I also have a mouse from an old AT&T PC6300 Plus and was wondering what
kind of a rodent this is since it plugged into the keyboard and had a
different DB9 connector (not the same gender as a serial mouse connector).
I think it was made by Logitech.
>>Regards, Home page:
>>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/8786
>>Ben A L Jemmett ICQ: 9848866 JGSD e-mail:
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:52:55 -0500 Adrian Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Specifically, this is for a Z-Nix bus mouse. I see very few of those
>>these days, and I deal with a lot of donated obsolete equipment. I have
>>a Z-Nix serial mouse, and the software drivers which are a little hard
>>to find. I don't know if bus mice cards are interchangeable between
>>different brands. Microsoft and Logitech bus mice are pretty common.
I don't think I have ever seen a bus mouse, only this card.
>>Adrian Reedy - Dallas, Texas - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks to all who replied to my bus mouse query.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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