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From: woiccak@acsu.buffalo.edu (thomas s woiccak)
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Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse Port & Logitech
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Date: 28 Apr 91 23:05:52 GMT
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This could help...

This past summer I worked for General Electric on a project that required
PC's and we used Logitech mice with 'em. These mice came in a box that had
a blue label on it stating "serial or PS/2 mouse." These guys were PS/2
port mice that came with an adapter so they could be plugged into a 25/9
pin serial port.  I bought my Logitech mouse within weeks of when I saw
their's because I have a PS/2 mod30-8086(mouse port) and was planning to
upgrade to a new 'puter that would not necessarily(spelled wrong?probably)
have that port.  I looked and looked and... and never found a Logitech
package that had both connections in it, so I bought the PS/2 version. 
	The mouse I had previously was a serial 25-pin mouse and with
pinouts for the mouse and the port(which I got from a friend and have since
lost) I attempted to make the transformation. I DID NOT succede, though I
did blow UP the 2 input IC's that were in my computer! So I saw results! 
But I never tried that again. 
	My advice is to give Logitech a ring or mail saying you need the
patch cable...
	
	I would like to know, from the original poster, is if you have a 
mod30-8086? If so, have you tried using Jack Nickalus Golf and encountered
a floating mouse all over the screen and "supposed button clicks" when
trying to use the mouse in it?

tom


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