On 14 Nov 2001, at 7:35, Alex Pufhal wrote:

> I apologize in advance for not having more information
> on this but I have a hardware issue posed to me which
> I need to see if there's anything I can do.
>
> From what I know it's an NEC Laptop (age unknown)
> running Windows95.
>
> The trackball apparently does not work right now and
> the user has a serial mouse and a modem and they use
> on this machine as well. The modem is external and
> apparently there is only one serial port on this unit.
>
>
> My experience pretty much precludes knowledge of what
> to do in this instance. Assuming I can't fix the
> trackball, how can I get both the serial mouse and
> modem working? Is there a way to daisy chain them
> that's not going to create an IRQ conflict?
>
> It's not critical that I solve this as they have a
> desktop machine as well now but I would like to be
> able to provide a solution.
>
> I will post more the early part of the week if more
> info is needed.
>
> I appreciate any suggestions I can at least explore.
>
> -Alex

  Besides the various PS/2 pointing device solutions that have been
suggested, they might also see if a PCMCIA slot modem is an option,
freeing up the serial port.

Dave Gillett

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