greg@halexii.uucp (Gregory F. Hogg) (12/30/89)
Hello, I have heard that the Logitech BUS mouse disables either COM1 or COM2 anyone using this mouse know if this is true? If so then why use a BUS mouse. I have the Logitech serail mouse but have run out of com ports (running DEL 310 with 2.0.2 386/ix). Do all BUS mouse disable a com port? Greg
kdg@nirvo.uucp (Kurt Gollhardt) (01/01/90)
In article <1989Dec30.134915.24072@halexii.uucp> greg@halexii.UUCP (Gregory F. Hogg) writes: > > I have heard that the Logitech BUS mouse disables either COM1 or COM2 >anyone using this mouse know if this is true? If so then why use a BUS mouse. >I have the Logitech serail mouse but have run out of com ports (running >DEL 310 with 2.0.2 386/ix). Do all BUS mouse disable a com port? No, bus mice do not disable com ports. This is true specifically for the Logitech mice, and in general. The bus mouse card *will* require an interrupt line (IRQ), but there is a jumper on the card to select which IRQ to use. If you selected IRQ 4 or 5, it *would* interfer with a com port, but you can pick one of the other IRQs instead. -- Kurt Gollhardt \ Nirvonics, Inc. -- Plainfield, NJ Kurt.Gollhardt@nirvo.uucp /\ Software Design and Consulting ...!rutgers!nirvo!Kurt.Gollhardt / \ "It's all about people; not you and me or him and her, but *us*."
tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) (01/01/90)
>Item: 550 by *Masked* at halexii.uucp >Author: [Gregory F. Hogg] > I have heard that the Logitech BUS mouse disables either COM1 or COM2 >anyone using this mouse know if this is true? If so then why use a BUS mouse. NO THIS is DEFINATELY NOT the case. The BUS mouse can be Interrupt 2,3 or 5 , if it is set at 5 (As mine is) , there is absolutely no problem. **************************************************************************** "Perfume and leather baby , you and me together baby, what good is living in paradise, if you don't let yourself once or twice." -Tiffany Kenneth J. Jamieson ---- THE BOSS at Xanadu Enterprises Inc. UUCP: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP BEST PATH ---> uunet!tronsbox!tron1 Sysop, Romantic Encounters BBS - (201)759-8450 / (201)759-8568 ****************************************************************************
petri@digiw.UUCP (Petri Alhola) (01/03/90)
In article <259ea8c4:550.1comp.unix.i386;1@tronsbox.UUCP> tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) writes: >>Item: 550 by *Masked* at halexii.uucp >>Author: [Gregory F. Hogg] >> I have heard that the Logitech BUS mouse disables either COM1 or COM2 >>anyone using this mouse know if this is true? If so then why use a BUS mouse. > >NO THIS is DEFINATELY NOT the case. > >The BUS mouse can be Interrupt 2,3 or 5 , if it is set at 5 (As mine is) , >there is absolutely no problem. > The interupt 2 is best one i typicaly have network board in system and the only free interupt for them is 5. If you use IRQ 2 the /etc/sdevice.d/logi file must be set for IRQ 9. I have done this with one of my systems with 386/ix 2.0.2. It works nicely with X11.3 ISC rel 1.1 . The other good reason to use logitech bus mouse is that there is some bug in Vp/ix ( or in MS-windows logitech driver ) that causes MS-windos crach randomly , mostly when there is some load in the system. ms-windows works nicely with logitech bus mouse and microsoft serial mouse. Petri Alhola