Re: Re^2: How do I get GATEWAY2000 PS/2 mouse to work ? (fwd)

[gram@merece.uthscsa.edu (Gilbert Ramirez Jr.)]

As Susan G. Kleinmann said:
> 
> My experience is that there are a couple of good hardware reasons for 
> getting serial mice instead of PS/2 mice:
>
> -- removing the PS/2 mouse frees up an IRQ.

Perhaps I am wrong, but a serial mouse also requires an IRQ... and a serial
port! With my PS/2 mouse I don't waste a serial port, so I can easily have a
modem and a dumb terminal connected to my computer.

Or is there a way to share IRQ's between a serial device and a serial mouse
on the same port?
 
> Cheers,
> Susan Kleinmann
> 

--gilbert

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Health Science Center at San Antonio    University Health System