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To: pae who wrote (3408)	11/4/1998 12:59:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) of 14778

I hate to give up a serial port to the mouse, is there a way to 'adapt' this to the mouse port? Thanks. More information on this question from Scott Mueller's book "Upgrading and Repairing PCs" eight edition page 372. "A hybrid type of mouse can plug into both a serial port or a mouse port. This combination serial PS/2 mouse is the most popular type because it is more flexible than the single design types. Circuitry in the mouse automatically detects the type of port to which it is connected and configures the mouse automatically. Sometime people use adapters to try and connect a serial mouse to a mouse port. This does not work and is not the fault of the adapter. If a mouse does not state that it is both a serial PS/2 type mouse it will only work on the single type of interface for which it was designed."

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