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Subject: Re: Graphical WWW Browser for DOS?
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Hi!

30-οΛΤ-2002 20:02 bartlett AT smart DOT net (Paul O. BARTLETT) wrote to
opendos AT delorie DOT com:

>> POB> speak?  Finally, the mouse port on this tired old box is dead, so I
>> POB> would need something that can be controlled with cursor keys.
>>      There are no such besties as "mouse port" - in old machines (386, most
>> 486) mouse connected to COM port, in newer machines mouse connected to PS/2
>> port. If I right understand, on your machine died one from two COM ports?
>> PS: For mouse I recommend CuteMouse - http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/ :)
POB>     What I meant was this.  On the back of the machine are two ports,
POB> one clearly marked Keyboard and the other Mouse.  They are shaped
POB> identically (those little round jobs; I am not a hardware specialist).

     Looks like you have machine with PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse. If
your PS/2 port died, you may use one of COM ports to connect serial mouse.


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