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Does an optical mouse work in a serial port?
Got a laptop and want to conserve USB ports. Bought myself a PS/2 to serial converter to use my PS/2 mouse, and it doesn't seem to work too well. I was thinking maybe serial port doesn't supply enough power for an optical mouse to work... i don't know.
Oh yeah... my laptop doesn't have a PS/2 port although some do.
Also wondering what is a good solution since I also game alot on my laptop since, hence an optical mouse is minimal for me, and I need to conserve USB ports too. which also brings me to the fact that I don't like the idea of bringing a powered USB hub whereever I go.
I've never seen a serial optical mouse. As far as I can think of, the serial port doesnt supply any kind of power. Therefore you have to go usb. If your concerned about using up all your usb ports, buy a PCMCIA USB 2.0 4 PORT CARDBUS HUB ADAPTER. That will add an extra 4 usb ports to your laptop. The only drawback is that if your laptop has only one PCMCIA slot instead of 2, and you rely on that for wireless internet, then you have to sacrafice one or the other. Click the link below to see what a PCMCIA Card is if you dont already know.
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