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To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: psm0 on laptops. 
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Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 11:10:56 +0900
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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>> I don't know how the W*ndows PS/2 mouse driver can detect that a new
>> mouse has suddenly appeared at the PS/2 mouse port and switch to a
>> different protocol.  You see, both the internal PS/2 mouse/pointing
>> device and the external device are wired to the same PS/2 mouse
>> port...
>
>If you have access to the Micorsoft DDK (Device Driver Kit), it
>contains the Microsoft mouse driver source code.  Including the
>code that is used to probe serial ports for mice without mucking
>up modems.

We are talking about *PS/2 mice*, not serial mice.

What you are referring to is probably the PnP COM device standard,
which `moused' already supports.

Kazu

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