Re: Windows finds no mice in COM3 or COM4 ??

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From: blunden
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:18

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According to my manual, you cannot use a mouse on serial port
3 or 4 --- it must be used on port 1 or 2.  However, you might
try going into Control Panel under ports and give COM3 a different
interrupt, say irq5.

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