Re: Glidepoint

[Don Whiteside <dwhite@shadow.net>]

On 3 Jul 1995, Michael Verne/VENTANA wrote:

>   "....Yah, ditto. I'd own a Lexmark keyboard w/trackpoint for my desktop 
> machine if they made them with bus mice connectors (instead of PS2 
> connectors) or if I could find a converter gadget. Unfortunately I...."
> 
> You can find those converter gadgets at many computer stores, but *do not* use 
...
> Also, I don't mean to sound picky, this is really just FYI:  the term "bus 
> mouse" refers to the PS/2 style mouse connector (5-pin mini-din).  The one you 
> want is a serial mouse connector.  If anyone hears of IBM announcing a 

  You don't sound picky, just wrong. You're in good company, though -
almost all the companies making mice use the term "bus mouse" to refer to
PS2 type mice. This is, as you said, very wrong, but for a different
reason.  _I_, on the other hand, actually do use a BUS mouse an older
standard for non-serial mice. My ATI Graphics Ultra Pro has a bus mouse
connector built into it, which I prefer to use so I don't have to use a
serial mouse. However, NOBODY makes mice/trackballs with bus connectors on
them anymore, only PS2 and Serial. There _are_ serial to ps2 converters,
but that does me no good. 

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