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From: jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ATI video board mouse
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Date: 15 Jan 91 17:43:29 GMT
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In an article ccw@slee02.srl.ford.com (Chris Warren) wrote:
>   Is the connecter on the ATI card compatible with any of the track ball
>devices on the market? It looks a lot like the IBM PS/2 mouse connecter, but is
>it the same?

I am using my ATI mouse port with a Logitech Bus mouse plugged in, and I am
using the mouse from ATI plugged into my Logitech Bus board on another system.
The hardware seems to be compatible.

However the software to use may not be very compatible with a different
device.  I am using the Logitech driver with the Logitech mouse on the ATI
board.  But on the Logitech board, it turns out that a Microsoft mouse
driver works better with the ATI mouse.

Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but I belive the mouse port on the ATI
board is the same thing as an Intel InPort generic mouse port.  So assuming
that the track balls also use this port, they should work.  Is a PS/2 mouse
port the same thing?

-- 
John Dudeck                                        "Communication systems are
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