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re: PS/2 to USB Mouse Adaptor on old IBM PS/1
Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ancien
(16 messages posted)
You need a driver. Generic chinese mice work on DOS, Win3.1, Win95, Win98, Win98SE,
WinME, WinNT3.51, WinNT4, Win2000, WinXP, Win2003. Drivers are also generic so you
might google mouse +driver +download and look for your brand or try the 95 driver
for a brand of your choice.
On Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 3:02 pm, Scott Baret wrote:
>So I decided to finally try to put a wheel mouse on my IBM PS/1, 15 years young
and
>still working well. I got a corded IBM USB mouse made about four years ago from
a
>family member who had never used it (he got a Belkin wireless instead). I went out
>and got one of those USB to PS/2 adaptors and plugged it in. Unfortunately, the
computer
>won't recognize that I have any mouse installed when I use it. I didn't get any
drivers
>with the adaptor and couldn't get it to work even though I kept selecting different
>mouse types from the mouse control panel (I had to do all this using just the keyboard...thankfully
>I got a replacement keyboard with Win95 keys a long time ago for it). After some
>unsuccessful attempts, I just gave up and put the old mouse back on it. Is there
>something I'm missing in this process or do these adaptors just not work on either
>Win95 or some older machines?
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