Re: A86: grphlink error
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Re: A86: grphlink error
UnEven Software wrote:
> Yes there is! I remember about 6 months or so back I was in a computer
> store and they had all those things that would be free after rebates so
> I stocked up. One of them was a really crappy generic brand keyboard
> and in the package was an adapter that went from the odd circle shape
> plug to a 9 pin. Maybe if you find one of those (maybe make one from
> kits at radio shack? I know you can make your own 9 and 25 pin cables
> so it might be possible to rig up an adapter somehow). Then if you can
> get one of them maybe you can hook your like up in a deformed way. I
> personally have like 5 some odd things just to get it to fit. And even
> then I had to change some of my BIOS and port settings. Just fiddle
> aroudn and maybe you can get it to work.
>
> Matt
Those don't work! Mice don't need all 9 of the wires in a serial port - they
only use 6 (sometimes you can look at a serial mouse's connecter and see that 3
of the holes don't have contacts). The graphlink needs 8 of them, as I recall.
The graphlink _can not_ be used through a PS/2 adapter.
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