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serial mouse

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A mouse that plugs into the serial port on a PC. Serial mice used to be the most common type, but were replaced by mice that use the PS/2 and USB ports. Contrast with bus mouse. See mouse.


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Since most newer peripherals use 9-pins for both keyboard and mouse, the average user would need an adapter for the serial mouse port or a spare serial on the PC.
The ability to disengage Plug and Play allowed Stan to customize the equipment to the unique specifications necessary on the yacht and to prevent Windows from misinterpreting GPS NMEA strings as serial mouse data.
The ST3243E is also guaranteed to be able to drive a serial mouse.
 
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