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Re: Problems with Peripherals





On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Paul Khoury wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:25:59 -0700 (PDT), Annelise Anderson wrote:
> 
> >I'm trying to get my 701 to use a regular keyboard and mouse; I plug
> >them in to the attachment bar in the proper place, but still the
> >keyboard and mouse are the thinkpad's keyboard and the red push
> >thing.  Is there something I have to enable to make this work?
> >
> >Annelise
> >
> >
> What brand of mouse and keyboard?  I have sucessfully been able
> to get a genuine MS Mouse (original) and Cirque GlidePoint to work, as well
> as a Epson, Compaq (I think), and, of course, IBM PS/2 keyboards to work.
> 
> BTW, the "red push thing" is formally called the TrackPoint (II on older machines,
> III on newer machines).
> 
> Paul

The mouse is a genuine microsoft mouse, and the keyboard is an IBM
keyboard....only the video port seems to work.  (It's a TrackPoint III,
and the attachment bar is formally called a Multiport.)  Still, the
mouse and keyboard do not work. :(

	Annelise