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- From: innuendo@execpc.com (Jonathan Gapen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker compatible
- Date: 18 Apr 1996 03:01:16 GMT
- Organization: esCom Amiga Madison Enthusiast's Organisation
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- References: <4kvg93$kcu@bsdi.data.net.mx> <13213950@sourcery.han.de>
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- In article <13213950@sourcery.han.de> "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de> writes:
- > In Article <4kvg93$kcu@bsdi.data.net.mx>, Mauricio De la Orta <iinfo@iinfo.net> wrote:
- > > It would be a nice idea to have a port for a standard PC serial mouse
- > > in the walker (read, an extra serial port). PC mouses are really cheaper
- > > than amiga ones, by a factor of up to 300%.
- >
- > This has been discussed, but there is a problem other than price: providing
- > downward compatibility to the existing mouse interface will be difficult. Not
- > every program plays by the rules and uses the operating system interface to the
- > mouse hardware interface. For some applications having an additional serial
- > port might be more useful than an option to plug in a cheap serial mouse.
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- As I understand it, the Walker will have two serial ports anyway. So plug
- your 28.8k modem into the new, high-speed port, and plug a standard serial
- mouse into the other port. There are drivers already available.
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- Jonathan Gapen (innuendo@execpc.com)
- Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?
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