Re: A86: GraphLink Software

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: GraphLink Software
From: Dark Ryder <DarkRyder@cyberdude.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:23:41 -0700
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TGaArdvark@aol.com wrote:
> If you unplug a mouse on a PC running DOS or Windows,
> you have to reboot to use it again.  It doesn't matter why
> or for how long.  I have no clue if this holds true for linux.
> I have never tried.

The only mice this should happen for are PS/2 type (round or 6-DIN connectors on
the end), and it's a hardware thing, not software, so Linux wouldn't help.  You
should be able to unplug a serial mouse and plug it back in just fine, however. 
I think this has something to do with memory addresses (or something... I'm a
little sketchy on the 'why' of this).  Serial mice use COM ports, which have an
IRQ and an address range, while the PS/2 mice have just an IRQ.

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Re: A86: GraphLink Software

From: TGaArdvark@aol.com