From: robertapengelly@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, 12 November 2023 at 00:05:30 UTC, wolfgang kern wrote:   
   > On 11/11/2023 22:09, Robert Pengelly wrote:    
   > > On Saturday, 11 November 2023 at 21:08:48 UTC, Robert Pengelly wrote:    
   > > Does anyone know if a PS/2 mouse will be detected by the computer if it's   
   plugged in > while the computer is on?   
   > depends on OS, while windoze does, old DOS may not.   
   > > If it does then would using IRQ12 be a better choice instead of using INT   
   15h AX=0xC0xx?    
   > > That was meant to be instead of INT 15h AX=0xC2xx?   
   > this are two different things :) you may need both.    
   > PS/2 mouse keyboard combination is well defined,    
   > INT15 is there for various mouse setups    
   > IRQ12 is the thing that shall receive mouse packets.    
   > __    
   > wolfgang   
   What do you mean it's there for various setups?  http://www.ctym   
   .com/intr/rb-1601.htm (only need to have one as an example) says POINTING   
   DEVICE BIOS INTERFACE (PS), does the PS at the end not mean PS/2 or is it a   
   certain set of PS/2 mice that it    
   supports?   
      
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