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From: c60b-1eq@web-1c.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Communications & mouse into one serial port
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Date: 11 Apr 91 04:23:39 GMT
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In article <x$bGy=-l1@cs.psu.edu> cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Sehyeong Cho) writes:
>In article <1264@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> carterp@deakin.OZ.AU (Phil Carter) writes:
>>I have a PC with one serial port which I use for both communications
>>and the mouse (obviously not both at the same time).
>>Whenever I need to switch from communications to the mouse, or vice versa,
>>I have to switch off the PC, swap cables to the serial port and reboot.
>>QUESTION.  Is there any way of avoiding the reboot? Is there any software
>>that might help?
>My Question: Have you ever tried not booting?  I mean, just change the
>cables and run the program?
>Isn't your comm. software (or mouse driver) supposed to know how to initialize
>the port?
My Question: why not get a switchbox for about US$ 25?  I would also
recommend that you unload any memory-resident mouse drivers before you
use the serial port for communications.

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