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From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: using mouse with FreeBSD and mskermit console
Date: 30 Dec 2004 15:11:39 GMT
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On 2004-12-29, someone92@hotmail.com <someone92@hotmail.com> wrote:
: I have a FreeBSD 4.10 server with no keyboard and monitor that is
: connected to an old pc serving as a console (using MSKERMIT). I would
: like to had mouse support to my server but the console PC has only one
: COM port and it's already used by MSKERMIT (I don't even know if
: MSKERMIT can support a mouse, does it?). I was wondering, if I plug the
: mouse on COM2 on the server, will it move the mouse on the console?
:
No.
: or only on it's own TTYs (logically it should only work on it's own TTYs) If
: it doesn't can I change my configuration to make it work on the MSKERMIT
: console? any advises will be more than welcome.
:
MS-DOS Kermit emulates certain terminals, such as VT100. Those terminals
do not have a mouse, nor do they provide any mechanism to communicate mouse
movements to the host.
The only exception is Tektronix 4010/4014, which allows the mouse to control
the crosshairs cursor.
- Frank