From: DALLEMAGNE Philippe <philippe DOT dallemagne AT csem DOT ch>
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:26:49 +0100
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Subject: Re: Graphical WWW Browser for DOS?
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"Arkady V.Belousov" wrote:
> 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?

Arkady, do you mean that you cannot find any 386-class machine with PS/2
ports ? I used to have a DELL 386DX-20 with a PS/2 port, and most of the
386 laptops I saw had such a port.

If the dead port is the PS/2 port, there may still be two serial ports
available (1 probably occupied by the modem). The second serial port
could be used to connect a mouse...

Philippe.