Re: Communications & mouse into one serial port

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From: Brad Warkentin
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 13:16

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Sehyeong Cho writes:
   Phil Carter writes:
   >I have a PC with one serial port which I use for both communications
   >and the mouse (obviously not both at the same time).
   >
   >Whenever I need to switch from communications to the mouse, or vice versa,
   >I have to switch off the PC, swap cables to the serial port and reboot.
   >
   >QUESTION.  Is there any way of avoiding the reboot? Is there any software
   >that might help?
   >
   My Question: Have you ever tried not booting?  I mean, just change the
   cables and run the program?
   Isn't your comm. software (or mouse driver) supposed to know how to
   initialize the port?

I currently run a serial mouse (configured as a Microsoft serial
mouse) and a serial data link off COM1. I use a switch box to switch
between the mouse and a serial data link cable. This works for me...

BJ...warkenti@CAE.Mitel.Com    |   This space for rent...
Kanata, Ontario, Canada        |   
I really didn't mean it quite that way, or did I :->

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Subject: Re: Communications & mouse into one serial port
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