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<TITLE>Re: [PD] WinXP: Using Mouse as Generic Input Device?</TITLE>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>>it should be easy to
write a serial mouse decoding external,<BR>>and use it with the comport
external. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Thanks for the insight. One question though (bear in mind
that it may be naive, as I am a week old today in PD): If I were to write
an MS serial mouse external, it would operate most efficiently like this?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>[comport]---raw serial data--->[ExternalForSerMouse]---X
pos | Y pos | Btn1 | Btn 2--->do stuff</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>rs</DIV></DIV>
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