Equinox multi port boards
jrh
jrh at mustang.dell.com
Thu Nov 23 05:41:54 AEST 1989
In article <458 at gallium.UUCP>, garyb at gallium.UUCP (Gary Blumenstein) writes:
> One last question; Will the mouse work under VP/ix on one of these ports and
> can you send me your cable configuration?
>
> ** Discalimer ** I'm not affiliated with Equinox and all this is just my
> humble opinion.
I recently received a Equinox 24 port also, but I have not set it up to test
yet, to busy with other projects. However, I am using Computone 8 and 16
port boards, and running a mouse off of these. I would imagine the cabling
should be the same.
>From the 25pin serial out on the multiport, attach a null modem adapter, then
a 'gender mender' and a 25-9 converter to connect the mouse. Of course, this
doesn't look very pretty. If you have the need for beauty, build a null modem
adapter with 25-pin male on one end, and 9-pin male on the other, and attach
the mouse. This works with X-windows and the mouse on /dev/ttyi04 (computone
node name). The only drawback with this setup is the mouse sometimes leaves
trash on the X display, and you need to refresh. If the Equinox is that much
faster, without delay on the lines, this problem will probably be lessened.
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