Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!mitel!syscad8!warkenti From: warkenti@CAE.Mitel.Com (Brad Warkentin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Communications & mouse into one serial port Message-ID: Date: 17 Apr 91 13:16:39 GMT References: <1264@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> Sender: warkenti@syscad8.misemi Organization: MITEL, Kanata, Ontario, Canada Lines: 23 In-reply-to: cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu's message of 10 Apr 91 15:24:39 GMT Sehyeong Cho writes: 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? I currently run a serial mouse (configured as a Microsoft serial mouse) and a serial data link off COM1. I use a switch box to switch between the mouse and a serial data link cable. This works for me... BJ...warkenti@CAE.Mitel.Com | This space for rent... Kanata, Ontario, Canada | I really didn't mean it quite that way, or did I :->