On 19 Jan 2011 at 10:22, Charles wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:02:58 -0600, you wrote:
Have you considered using a PS/2 mouse to free up
COM1:?
I am not sure exactly what one is... but this is a very old
(relatively speaking) PC; the only jacks on the back panel besides the
parallel printer port are the 9-pin COM1: and 25-pin COM2: ports.
If you're running XP on it, it can't be that old (unless I've misread
your initial description of what you're doing). Even relatively
inexpensive P1 systems at least had headers on the motherboard for a
PS/2 mouse, if not an outright connector. Many early AT enclosures,
however didn't leave a hole next to the keyboard jack for the mouse,
so you may want to have a look. If it's an ATX-layout machine, then
for certain there's a mouse jack there.
--Chuck