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On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 19:03:22 -0700, Jesse Montrose wrote: >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. > Out of boredom tonight, I came across the May issue of PC Mag and saw some wireless mice and keyboards, and they even had a radio-controlled keyboard! If anyone wants me to get this information, or the articles' page numbers, I can do that. The only thing I wonder is compatibility for those of us here with OS/2 and Linux/UNIX. Paul