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First post, by p6889k

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Per the manual, this board has few options to add a mouse, but I'm not sure how would I go about it.

CN11
- This should allow attaching PS/2 mouse connector
- Manual is showing 6 pins to attach to, but I can't tell by looking at the motherboard which of those 6 pin connectors are which
- What kind of connector would I use here to attach to the pins? I assume there's no standard and I would need to attach individual pins to a PS/2 bracket?
- How do I know if the motherboard's BIOS supports PS/2 mouse? Is there any way to detect support for PS/2 in SW? I have a chip programmer so if there's a way to read the BIOS and identify PS/2 support, how would I know what to look for?

CN12
- Manual says this is a Mouse Connector. There is already a 5 pin connector on the motherboard.
- How do I use this connector? Is this PS/2 or serial or something else.

Attaching board pictures and original manual for reference.

Thank you.

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Reply 1 of 3, by weedeewee

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CN12 is to add a PS2 connector on a bracket.
CN11 could be used to add a PS2 connector to the mainboard.

CN12, from the side of the board seems to be pinout is signal, signal, GND, VCC, nc.

some similar information can be found here
https://razorback95.com/guides/ps2-mouse-header
Adding mouse port to my build

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Reply 3 of 3, by p6889k

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Closing out this thread for future reference as I successfully added PS/2 bracket to this board.

The Pinout for the CN12 connector is:

Pin Order: Pin 1 is on the edge of the motherboard, Pin 5 is on the inside of the motherboard

Pin 1: Data
Pin 2: Not Connected
Pin 3: Ground
Pin 4: +5V
Pin 5: Clock

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k, 48k+, 128k, +2
Amiga 1200, 68030/40mhz
386DX/33, ET4000, SBPro2, MT32
Dual PPro/200, Millennium II, Voodoo 2, AWE32, SC-55
etc.