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  • [OS2HW] Re: KVM/USB Mouse/PS2 Adapter

    From frajo@rolofs.net@1:3634/1000 to All on Tue Jul 10 09:06:45 2012














    --- In os2hardware@yahoogroups.com, "conixks1" <mwvnews@...> wrote:


    My grandson gave me a USB mouse for Christmas many years ago. One of the buttons is now becoming very troublesome.

    It is a USB mouse. I have a KVM that uses VGA/PS2 connectors. And the mouse had been connected through the KVM using a PS2 adapter.

    It has worked fine.

    I went out to purchase a new mouse. Except for off brands, it would seem that corded mice are not terribly common anymore. But a few are still available.

    I purchased a Logitech M500 model mouse. I find after plugging it in and rebooting the system, it will not recognize the mouse through the KVM with the PS2 adapter. But eCs v2 will recognize the mouse directly through the USB port.

    I have heard through googling, that USB mice tend to take a few seconds to be recognized by OSs wherease the older PS2 connections did not have this delay.

    I guess I have two basic options.

    First, find a good mouse that will work through
  • From MV@1:3634/1000 to All on Tue Jul 10 20:25:59 2012

    Thanks to everyone who shared. I really needed the feedback.

    I am lucky enough to have a friend who had another mouse that I could try.
    It was a LYNX-Mouse ione (Lynx-M9). It came with a usb/ps2 converter so I
    had high hopes.

    It works like a charm. I had to tweak the mouse settings to speed it up,
    but its woking just fine now.

    Someday, when I move to a KVM (USB/DVI) I'll consider going back and trying
    the Logitech mouse again. All the ones I've connected through the PS2 converter lost wheel control. But the logitech connected to the USB
    directly worked fine, including the wheel. It is my suspicion that the PS2 converter somehow breaks the wheel functionality of USB mice.

    I already have DVI screens. But I'm using the VGA connectors instead
    because of the KVM.

    Again thanks to everyone.

    regards,
    Mark Vollmer


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