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Re: How can I check which COM port a mouse is a

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From: Michael Feig
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 13:42
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In <1992Nov11.101911.5984@ericsson.se> etljmme@etlxd10h.etlxd (jim moore xd/nda) writes:

>  If you use the mouse interrupt ($11? I forget) there is a service which returns the
>mouse information including the type,ie serial, board/port etc.  I can't remember the
>bloody code but I assure you that if you look it up you'll find it.  If you can't,
>email me and I'll dig out the code to do this when I get home.

In the newsgroup comp.os.msdos.programmer someone posted a solution using
Int 33h, function 24h, which returns the IRQ of the mouse handler.

It seems to work quite well so I think anyone interested in the problem should
read the article there.

Michael.


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