SPONSORED LINKS

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Cordless mouse with ThinkPad?



At 06:35 PM 10/12/97, Paul Khoury wrote:
>Only 2 things to carry?  How hard could that be?  I carry
>my portable Printer, multiport, cables, printer adapter, floppy
>drive, disks, an extra PCMCIA modem, this ThinkPad (of course),
>and I could fit it in just one backpack, although I normall have 2.

Youch!

My load is usually my 560, wireless modem, and sometimes a power supply or
extra battery (I keep a power supply at home and at the office, only need
to carry one if I'm going somewhere else)..  I can fit it all in the
minimalist WetSuit case (formfitting wetsuit material case, the same size
as the laptop) and still have room in the pocket for a cellphone, pager and
wallet :)

>But back to the cordless mouse topic: technically speaking,
>could one use the IR port for a mouse that connects that way?
>After all, it is just a regualry interfaced serial port, right? (after what
>I've heard)?

Sounds reasonable, but I've never heard of an IRDA-speaking cordless mouse,
I thought they all used their own proprietary protocols.

_____________________________________________________
Dinner is served prompty at eight in the private dining room, 
those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.