Typhoon Optical Mouse problems

[Jim Ramsay]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 09:38:46PM +0200, Dominik Brettnacher wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Alexander Pohoyda wrote:
> 
> > > My question now is: what can I do to make this mouse
> > > working?
> > Just an idea: try to find a COM port adapter and see if it helps.
> > Another idea: give the mouse back and buy a new (better) one :-)
> 
> I might try using a COM port adapter. But in the case I wanted to use the
> PS/2 port, where should I start looking to make this device work?

If I remember correctly, you may have trouble using an optical
mouse with a serial port adapter... seems that (usually) the
power requirements are greater and a serial port will not provide
enough volts to the mouse to make the LED go.  PS/2 provides the
added juice necessary.

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Jim Ramsay
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