New subject: Dec ribbon, scsi cable

4 Oct 2001

Tony Duell wrote:
...
  However, I've seen too many computers with
incorrect labelling. I've seen 
...
  PCs with a DE9 COM port with a mouse icon over it. OK,
so the
 pre-installed version of Windows presumably expected a serial mouse on
 COM1: . That does not make that port a mouse port, though, at least not
 to a hardware hacker like me. 
You are absolutely right that the port is not a "mouse" port, but if it has
a picture of a mouse next to it then Suzy will know where to plug her mouse
in.
Glen
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IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof