First post, by Hiddenevil
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Until now I've used the one serial mouse on my 486, but it's got a break in the cable and sometimes will require a little TLC to bring back to life. I have tw0 ps/2 to serial adaptors, neither work with any of the mice I own. BUT my pal has an almost identical looking adapter, apart from the plastic housing being blue and it works fine with the mice I can't get to work with my own adapters. Taking a leap of logic, I decided it HAD to be my adapters so I bought a new one from ebay, a NOS Belkin. It arrived today and same as before, no dice.
Is there some mystical black magic one must perform to get an adaptor that works? I have 4-5 ps/2 mice and just the one serial. Surely there's a way to get these working on my older systems?
There's an old android saying which I believe is peculiarly appropriate here. In binary language it goes something like this: 001100111011000111100, which roughly translated means: "Don't stand around jabbering when you're in mortal danger!"
