remco@tnoibbc.UUCP (Remco Bruyne) (12/05/88)
My brother owns an Olivetti Prodest PC1 computer and lately bought
a Z-NIX Supermouse with it.
Whatever he tries, the mouse won't work. The mouse software complains
about the serial port not being there (although there *is* a serial port).
It seems that the cause lies in the fact that the serial port is integrated
into the microprocessor, a NEC V40 (8 MHz). Somebody told me there is no
8250 i/o chip in the PC1. BTW: there is also a special version of KERMIT
for the Olivetti PC1, this also points into that direction.
Olivetti couldn't offer any help.
Questions:
- is the assumption about the 8250/V40 correct ?
- what can we do about it ?
- or: did some kind soul write a mouse driver for this configuration ?
Thanks for your reaction, Remco Bruijne
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