Re: LZ: Mouse Port
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> -*- I've been thinking about the same thing for quite some time but
> -*-arn't there more pins on the mouse cable then connections through the IO
> -*-port?
I checked out the Electronics section of Mel Tsai's home page and
downloaded some stuff about the mouse ports. I think that the most
common type now is the PS/2 or compatible one that has a 6 pin DIN
connector where only four of the pins are used. Some of the other
types use different numbers of pins. I would try this, but I ran
into a problem. The info that said what pins were what is different
than what the mouse I have is. I have a 6 pin DIN to 9 D connector,
and on the 9 pin half, only 4 pins are there, which I had expected.
But, when I tested to see what pins on the 9 pin connected to the
pins on the 6 pin DIN, they didn't match the ones given in the text.
The text said that pin 2 on the DIN conncector was RESERVED, but it
is connected to one of the pins of the 9 pin, while the pin it said
was the +5 volt source does not have a pin on the 9 pin half. ????
-Ed
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