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Hi!

30-οΛΤ-2002 18:26 philippe DOT dallemagne AT csem DOT ch (DALLEMAGNE Philippe) wrote to
opendos AT delorie DOT com:

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

     Hm. Yes, some brands make hard slightly different from "mainstream". :)
Anyway, PS/2 port is not "mouse port", it is "PS/2 port".

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

     There may trouble: earlier COM ports was not equal - one was DB9 (9
pni), other was DB25. Now COM ports always maked DB9. If both devices (modem
cable and mouse) have DB9 connector, then for one of them will be required
DB9-DB25 adapter.