On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:03:13 EST, Neil Parks wrote in reply to a recent
post I made on this subject. In referring to the knobby sticking out of
the keyboard on my laptop and used as a pointing device he said:
> Since the pointing stick is supposed to do the same things that a mouse
> does, I'd be surprised if ordinary mouse drivers did NOT work with it.
I tried some CTMOUSE versions for serial mice. They did not work.
An old CTMOUSE version programmed specifically for use with a PS/2 mouse
did work. I didn't know that a version 1.8 was out. Thanks for telling
me about it. I'll download it and try it.
> If your computer has a spare serial port, you should be able to use an
> ordinary mouse.
Yes, true; however, I have no spare serial port. One serial port must be
used for the external modem. The other port is a built-in serial IR device.
BTW, has anyone ever heard of any external modems that will work with a
serial IR port?
Sam Heywood
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