Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Tom Ehlert
The serial port is opened in FreeBasic with : Open Com COM1:38400,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs For Random As #CP FreeBasic doesn't support FIFO, and most likely no IRQ. try Open Com COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs For Random As #CP and see if that changes your problem. Tom

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Tom Ehlert
FreeBasic doesn't support FIFO, and most likely no IRQ. try Open Com COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs For Random As #CP and see if that changes your problem. sorry, not true. FreeBasic seems to use IRQ, but not FIFO. anyway, try Open Com COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs For

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Bret Johnson
The mouse is a USB, but with a usb to PS2 adapter works on the PS@ port. I want to clarify this again, since some people who may have valid ideas on things to try may simply be throwing up their hands and saying, This is a USB problem, and I don't know anything about USB. Your mouse is not

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Dinosaur
Hi All Bret Johnson wrote I should also point out that the combination USB/PS2 mice were pretty common back when USB first came out (mid 1990's), but not so much any more. Most modern mice only do USB and not PS2. If you try to put one of those USB-to-PS2 adapters on a pure USB mouse, it

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread TJ Edmister
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:33:47 -0500, Tom Ehlert t...@drivesnapshot.de wrote: FreeBasic doesn't support FIFO, and most likely no IRQ. try Open Com COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs For Random As #CP and see if that changes your problem. sorry, not true. FreeBasic seems to use IRQ,

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread TJ Edmister
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:55:42 -0500, TJ Edmister damag...@hyakushiki.net wrote: There is an argument that can be passed in the Open Com statement to specify a buffer size. Is it supported in DOS? Maybe I will have to whip out FB DOS compiler and experiment. BTW, I'm not sure why you are