Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:49:27 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "ches" <ches@cheswick.com> Subject: Re: how to connect a modem to the PS2 port? Message-ID: <000401c6eff3$c4c7aef0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <20061015003422.E268622865@i.cheswick.com>
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The PS/2 port is not a RS232 serial port. It is a serial port, but it is specifically designed for a "PS/2 mouse" serial protocol, that has nothing to do with RS232. Your going to have to do what the rest of us do and use a USB to serial port adapter. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "ches" <ches@cheswick.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 5:34 PM Subject: how to connect a modem to the PS2 port? > > I am using a laptop as a server, and need a second serial port on it. I'd > love to use the psm0 port (I know it is an RS232C serial port) connected to > a modem, but I am guessing the the psm driver is getting in the way. > It is hard to ask the right question in Google. > > Anyone know how to use the PS2 port as a simple serial port? I never > use a mouse on this machine. > > Bill Cheswick > ches@cheswick.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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