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Can I use a PS/2 spinner & a USB mouse at the same time?
Dougmeister:
What happens when you cross:
...a PS/2 spinner with a USB mouse?
...a serial spinner with a PS/2 mouse?
(NO, this isn't a joke... no punchline coming)
I have a USB mouse w/ a PS/2 converter on it, but want to get one of TheNasty's spinners. I can get either a PS/2 or a serial connection, but my vast experimentation (5 minutes) on 2 Windows '98 systems I have show that 2 mice cannot co-exist on a computer at the same time.
Now, maybe if you did the "Add Hardware" wizard, loaded other drivers, I dunno.
Just wondering if I can have my cake and eat it, too.
Please advise. Thanks.
Goz:
Yeah it should work.
Example: Laptops with 98 usually have PS2 ports for mice / keyboard and they also have built in pointing devices.
Spinners and trackballs connected to an optipac are seen as two mice.
I don't recall there being an OS restriction, however if there was, you might be able to use a Y splitter.
-Goz
Dougmeister:
Thanks.
Tried a PS/2 mouse on a machine that had an existing (working) USB Mouse. PS/2 didn't work. O/S = Win98SE.
Same thing on another Win98SE machine w/ a PS/2... added a serial and it didn't work.
Do you think I need to run the "Add Hardware" wizard or something?
NoOne=NBA=:
You'll probably need to run the Analog+ version of MAME to do this.
It supports multiple mice.
quarterback:
--- Quote from: Dougmeister on January 25, 2005, 09:46:37 pm ---Thanks.
Tried a PS/2 mouse on a machine that had an existing (working) USB Mouse.
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