| Paul on Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:33:29 -0400 |
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Note the "OT". I advised a guy that, depending on the internals of the mouse, a ps/2 mouse might not work with a serial port adapter. Is that generally true? The guy bought a USB mouse which came with a ps/2 adapter. Then, he wanted to buy a ps/2 to serial port adapter, which I thought was...not what I would do. USB --> ps/2 --> serial I told him he would be better off buying a USB card which would enable the mouse to work and give him the option of adding other USB devices in the future. (I know buying an actual serial port mouse would be the simplest solution.) I also advised (sorry for this) that if he is running Win98 that using USB wouldn't be a problem. Did I offer sound advice or am I getting rusty? Has anyone had a problem using USB cards either under Linux or Windows? _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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