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Re: Looking for Mouse part

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Originally Posted by SlimBoJones
Hey all!

I'm looking for an optical mouse that still supports a serial port. It needs to be corded also.

If it's a PS/2 mouse with an adapter, that's okay, but it needs to EXPLICITLY says somewhere that it still supports a serial port.

Anyone come across one lately?

Kevin Watson's new serial port driver has piqued our interest =).

-SlimBoJones...
Cool idea, but I don't think it'll work because serial mice send data at 1200 baud, which is too slow for a PIC18F8520 running at 40 MHz. Here's a link to the protocol specification: http://www.itacsystems.com/rs232mousespec.htm

-Kevin
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