Can I adapt a serial mouse to a PS/2 mouse port?

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From: John R. Levine
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:55

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I have a Logitech serial three button mouse that plugs into a serial port.
But I'd like to use the serial port for something else and there's a perfectly
good PS/2 mouse port on the motherboard.

Is it possible to adapt a serial mouse to a PS/2 port?  The voltage levels
look to be the same.  It's not clear to be whether the clocking is compatible.
Advice sought, TIA.

(I'd buy a PS/2 mouse, but none of them have three buttons.)

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Subject: Can I adapt a serial mouse to a PS/2 mouse port?
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