Q66536: Practical Peripherals and Serial Mouse Configuration

Article: Q66536
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | mouse modem practical peripherals | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 15-NOV-1990

If the Microsoft serial mouse is connected to COM 1, then a Practical
Peripherals 2400 baud rate modem cannot be configured as COM 2.  This
modem/mouse combination may work for a while, but eventually it
will fail to an I/O address conflict between the mouse and the modem.

Practical Peripherals technical support ([818] 991-8200)
confirms this to be a problem.  They recommend that the modem be
configured as COM 3 or COM 4.  The mouse should then remain on COM 1
to separate the I/O addresses as much as possible.

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