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- From: "Robert S. Iacullo" <eagle@serv.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker compatible
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:59:28 -0700
- Organization: A.C.C.O.
- Message-ID: <31771DB0.6EC7@serv.net>
- References: <4kvg93$kcu@bsdi.data.net.mx> <13213950@sourcery.han.de> <4l4b9s$dhn@daily-planet.execpc.com>
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- Jonathan Gapen wrote:
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > --
- > Jonathan Gapen (innuendo@execpc.com)
- > Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?
-
- What are the names of these drivers and where can they be found?
- thanks.
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- Robert S Iacullo
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