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Subject: Re: alternative mouse?

Author:
vincent

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Date Posted: 08:14:30 10/11/03 Sat
In reply to: William Turpin 's message, "alternative mouse?" on 11:59:23 10/08/03 Wed

Why not just use a serial mouse? Just plug it into the 9 pin serial port in the back of the computer. I havent tried it because the built in mouse is more convenient for me but I cant think of any reason it wouldnt work.

>Having switched (finally) from a DOS based to a
>Windows based word processor I find that the standard
>popout mouse simply is far too irritating to use (cute
>idea though it was). Does anyone know of a reasonable
>way of plugging in an external mouse? I saw one that
>could plug into a USB port, but getting a USB port in
>there seems to be impossible (I'm told my version of
>Windows 98 won't support a PCMIA to USB card, which is
>a real pity). Does anyone have any suggestions? Are
>there other ways of getting an external mouse? I
>really hate to abandon my HP, which is much nicer for
>typing than any of the new notebooks I've seen--except
>for the rodent problem.

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