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ps2mouse.zip IBM PS/2 Mouse Program Diskette v1.00
96f9262.zip IBM Mouse Program Diskette v1.2 [96F9262]
How do They Run? (PC Mag article about mouse interfaces)
Optical Wireless Mouse
Mouse Connector Pinouts
Mouse Connector Signals
Using Serial Mice on a PS/2?
IBM Mouse Types
PS/2 to Serial to PS/2 (Dumb KVM switches)
PS/2 Mouse Maker
Ed. Sorry, but I cannot totally verify the below. It's my best SWAG.
Location of Mouse (pointing device) connector.
The mouse port is always the PS/2 port FARTHEST from the power supply.
The PS/2 mouse port is IRQ 12 and I/O Port Addresses 60h and 64h.
Bus Mouse Problem!
A bus mouse uses a mini-DIN connector just like the PS/2 mouse, although
they are totally incompatible. You can damage your motherboard by plugging a
bus mouse into it.
Note: Microsoft calls it's bus mouse an Inport mouse.
Be warned!
PS/2 Appears to Hang When Exiting Windows 3.1x
Some IBM PS/2 models may appear to stop responding (hang)
when you exit Windows version 3.1. The computer eventually restarts; however,
it remains frozen for up to a minute while the mouse port is reinitialized.
This problem is most severe on PS/2 models 56 and 57. It also occurs on
Models 50z, 55sx, 70, 80, 90, and 95.
The problem can be corrected by adding the following line to the [386Enh]
section of SYSTEM.INI:
InitPS2MouseAtExit=FALSE
This prevents Windows from attempting to reinitialize the PS/2-style
mouse port prior to exiting to MS-DOS. This may cause problems when you
run some mouse-aware, MS-DOS-based applications after exiting Windows.
Mouse Connector Pinout
The keyboard connector is a 6-pin miniature DIN connectors. The signals and
voltages are the same for both connectors.
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| Pin |
Signal |
| 1 |
Data |
| 2 |
Reserved |
| 3 |
Ground |
| 4 |
+ 5 V dc |
| 5 |
Clock |
| 6 |
Reserved |
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Signals
The keyboard and auxiliary device signals are driven by open-collector
drivers pulled to 5Vdc through a pull-up resistor.
| Sink current Max |
20mA |
| Hi-level output V Min |
5.0 Vdc minus pull-up |
| Low-level Output v Max |
0.5 Vdc |
| High-level input v Min |
2.0 Vdc |
| Low-level input v Max |
0.8 Vdc |
Serial Mouse Conversion?
The "Serial Mouse" uses a RS-232 style interface with -5 to -12 VDC as
logical "1" and +5 to +12 VDC as logical "0". The PS/2 mouse interface is a
TTL-style interface, which uses 0 - +2 VDC as logical "0" and +3 - +5 VDC as
logical "1".
In addition - and to make things worser - the RS-232 is an asynchronous
interface, the PS/2 interface is a synchronous, where the data is sent along
with a clock signal. It uses a simplified 4-wires serial interface with +5VDC
(for the transceiver), GND, keyboard / mouse clock and keyboard / mouse data.
The data and clock line can be used from the keyboard / mouse controller and
the attached device as well following a particular handshake, which defines
which is the active "sender" and which is the "receiver". So: it is not *that*
easy conversing serial mouse to PS/2 and vice versa.
The "dual mode" mice have an automatic logic detection and sort of adaptive
interface electronic, which detects whether the mouse is attached to a serial
port or a PS/2 port and set the output drivers accordingly.
As you can see from the above: it is not enough only *physically* changing
the plugs.
PS/2 Mouse Versions
From Fred Mau:
Best as I can tell, IBM had five distinct species of Rattus
Armonkus in the PS/2 world: (Not to mention all the clones).
- The original ugly wedge-shaped PS/2 mouse
- Early oval-shaped mouse. White body and white buttons.
- Later oval-shaped mouse. White body and brownish buttons.
- A smaller black mouse used with the CL57, N51, TP 700 and 720 laptops.
Lower voltage than a regular mouse, not interchangeable.
- The current IBM mouse, OEM'ed by Logitech. A more ergonomic oval.
Best as I can tell, all the PS/2 mice (except the minnie
mouse for early thinkpads) are interchangeable, with one notable exception:
If you have an 8516 Touchscreen monitor, the touchscreen cable plugs into
the mouse port and the mouse plugs into the monitor, but it will ONLY work
with the original ugly mouse or the early oval mouse with white buttons.
It won't work with the later oval mouse with brown buttons or anything newer.
I have no idea why, but apparently something changed in the mice.
It's something to keep in mind if you ever happen across an 8516.
From Jim Shorney:
Side note: I seem to have an oval variation you didn't
mention: white top, white buttons, brownish bottom, 33G5430/33G5410/FRU33G5420.
BTW, have you seen the IBM memo on mouse ball replacement?
Hilarious. (Ed. I think he means
THIS.)
From Carroll Bloyd:
And there's the track-ball/mouse combination (P/N 1397040)
sold for use with the L40 SX laptop. Big ugly thing--the mouse side
of the device looks like a larger version of the original PS/2 mouse.
And, you might want to add the three-button mouse OEM'ed
from Logitech and supplied with the 9595-PQx models. They seem to
be rare--I've only seen a few--I wonder if they were used on the RS/6000
also?
From David Doerr:
There was, indeed, a three-button mouse from Logitech
used on the RS/6000. I have several, but they don't seem to work on
my 9590...
Resolution Increase
From Aron Eisenpress:
I'd like to point out one substantive change in the IBM
PS/2 mice, which happened around the time of the two-tone-topped ones:
the resolution increased from 200dpi to 400dpi (and noticeable if you swap
mice around as the speed of the cursor will change!)...
PS/2 mouse to serial cable and back to PS/2 port
(or Dumb KVM switches) (from Tim Clarke)
Hi Bill,
I think your problem is in the PS/2->Serial and
Serial->PS/2 adapters. You *must* ensure that they *are* as described and
*not* 2 x PS/2->Serial or 2 x Serial->PS/2 used back-to-back. Otherwise,
the pinouts will not get 'passed' correctly.
The thing to be aware of is that, with a manual
switch, the keyboard and mouse 'lose' power during a switch and 'reinitialise'
when the switch closure to the 'to' computer is completed (i.e. 5V power
returns). Also, you can get spurious bytes sent during the transitions
(plaintive beeps from the BIOS).
As I said, DOS (due to BIOS) and the OS/2
(due to it's drivers) recover most of the time (OS/2 seems to recover the
mouse best if you use Desktop "Lockup" before switching away). Clones (AT-class
BIOS) and Windows O/Ses are generally horrible because they haven't implemented
the equivalent functionality and cause you to 'lose' the mouse and, sometimes
keyboard function (except for manic beeping for key presses) after a 'switch-away,
switch-back' sequence. It's not so much the BIOS in Clones, that seems
to be compatible. It's the usual crap programming by the Microsoft "gurus".
It may be down to the O/S drivers. E.g. All
PS/2 BIOS/ABIOS seem to handle an 'unexpected keyboard reconnection' (i.e.
0xFF bytes and BAT-completion message) and reinitialise the 'Scan Code
Set' and 'Shift State' indicators. Mouse stuff seems to be much more sensitive
and OS/2 is the only server environment that I *know* can (usually) handle
this. Netware 3.1x and 4.1x don't. Windows and WfWg don't. I doubt whether
W9x does. NT *might* but I don't know. DOS is happy so long as you're at
the command prompt with no mouse-driven s/w actively using the mouse.
Current Mouse Maker
Unicomp lists the IBM Two Button mouse. It has the brown
buttons and the white body. I have a few of this specific model. Nice button
switches, tracks well. At $7 it's a damn good bargain. Mine has a long
cord (nice for use with 80/85/95 systems!)
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