> 	Not quite. Most mice on the market today can go both ways (serial or
> PS/2) with the help of the appropriate adapter, but some mice (usually
> older ones) are either serial _or_ PS/2. Case in point --- A friend bought
> the game "Virtual Pool" and it came with a mouse shaped like, you guessed
> it, an 8 -ball. It was a serial only mouse, and would not work with any
> computer's PS/2 mouse port...
> 	I have seen some also labelled "PS/2 only". If I'm correct, the PS/2
> mouse standard was introduced by IBM for thier (yup) PS/2 computer. This
> freed up the serial port for communications use.  Anyone, am I correct
> about that history?
> 
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> ----------
> From: 	Kevin P. Neal
> Sent: 	Monday, July 17, 2000 4:17 PM
> To: 	David Woyciesjes
> Cc: 	port-alpha@netbsd.org
> Subject: 	Re:  headless multia
> 
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 12:48:21PM -0400, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> > I run my server thru an inexpensive KVM switch box. The only trick is,
> my
> > switch box has a serial mouse connection, and, as you know, the Multia
> has
> > PS/2 mouse. I have to plug a PS/2 mouse directly to the Multia, but I
> just
> > stick the mouse out of the way. It's working fine like this... 
> 
> Uh, I was under the impression the serial mouse and PS/2 mouse protocols
> were the same. Meaning, an adaptor is all that is needed.
> -- 
> Kevin P. Neal                                http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/
> 
> "It sounded pretty good, but it's hard to tell how it will work out
> in practice." -- Dennis Ritchie, ~1977, "Summary of a DEC 32-bit machine"
> 
> 
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