wcurtiss@x102c.harris-atd.com (Curtiss WC 67625) (06/27/89)
Besides the obvious physical differences (i.e., an added card, different connectors), how do a serial mouse and a bus mouse differ? I am interested in the differences from a programmers point. Specifically, I have a 386 running AT&T UNIX 3.2 and XWIN 1.1, and AT&T only offers a bus mouse driver for their system. However, I currently have a serial mouse. I will be getting the source for their driver soon, and need to convert it for a Logitec serial mouse. Has anyone done this or got any pointers? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Curtiss 407/984-6383 | "The only good martyr Harris GISD, Melbourne, FL 32902 | is a dead martyr." Internet: wcurtiss%x102c@trantor.harris-atd.com | - Standard disclamers apply -
jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright) (06/28/89)
In article <2254@trantor.harris-atd.com> wcurtiss@x102c.harris-atd.com (Curtiss WC 67625) writes: | Besides the obvious physical differences (i.e., an added card, different | connectors), how do a serial mouse and a bus mouse differ? I am interested | in the differences from a programmers point. Yes, there are differences. Major differences. I had a large program that worked fine with a bus mouse. I switched to a serial mouse and *nothing* worked. Microsoft couldn't help. The net couldn't help. I couldn't find it after two months intensive effort. There are differences. I don't know what they are. If someone does, *please* speak up. -- Jim Wright jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu
jwi@lzfme.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) (06/28/89)
William Curtiss writes: > Besides the obvious physical differences (i.e., an added card, different > connectors), how do a serial mouse and a bus mouse differ? I am interested > in the differences from a programmers point. Specifically, I have a 386 > running AT&T UNIX 3.2 and XWIN 1.1, and AT&T only offers a bus mouse driver > for their system. However, I currently have a serial mouse. I will be > getting the source for their driver soon, and need to convert it for a Logitec > serial mouse. Has anyone done this or got any pointers? The AT&T bus mouse is the Logitec bus mouse. It is furnished with the standard Logitec driver (an old version) that works for both bus and serial mouse. Just use your Logitec driver instead, or use the serial mouse parameters with the AT&T driver (if the version isn't too old for what you are doing). Jim Winer ..!lzfme!jwi Those persons who advocate censorship offend my religion. Pax Probiscus! Rarely able to reply to email sucessfully. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily
kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (07/01/89)
In article <1147@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>, jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright) writes: > In article <2254@trantor.harris-atd.com> wcurtiss@x102c.harris-atd.com (Curtiss WC 67625) writes: > | Besides the obvious physical differences (i.e., an added card, different > | connectors), how do a serial mouse and a bus mouse differ? I am interested > | in the differences from a programmers point. > > *please* speak up. One difference is in the serial port hardware. I have found that not all "compatibles" have identical serial port hardware at the assembler IN/OUT level. I had a serial mouse that worked fine on an XT at work, but failed on a PS/2 (both of these machines were "true Blue".) I have found the bus mouse to be more portable than the serial mouse because the PC bus MUST be followed exactly in designing a clone or no cards will work. There is lots of room for "most-of-the-capability" on a serial port. -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347 gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin