Post AlGJSaIsfx7MuXweLA by trouble@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #AlF2w1l3mq4o4wcSLA by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T00:24:10Z
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Have you ever wondered how many serial mice you can connect to one PC, or are you one of those boring "normal people"?
(DIR) Post #AlF33P1VgXmCGIpXvc by munin@infosec.exchange
2024-08-23T00:25:27Z
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@foone ...two or three most of the time, right? depending on how many IRQs you have available?
(DIR) Post #AlF395zFNKiExVUDuS by cr1901@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T00:25:41Z
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@foone I know firsthand that if you output a message on an USB UART immediately after plugging it in, that Windoze will think it's a serial mouse :D.
(DIR) Post #AlF3G7ClFGzYlO9ero by gudenau@fosstodon.org
2024-08-23T00:26:11Z
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@foone Before this toot no.I'd guess one, ~16, or as many HW resources as you can throw at it.
(DIR) Post #AlF3OjvDBFqF9t3hI0 by Kencf618033@disabled.social
2024-08-23T00:27:22Z
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@foone LED mechanical keyboards likewise. Xmas light panels.. !
(DIR) Post #AlF3aE5RMt57tnJv5E by mattgrayyes@chaos.social
2024-08-23T00:28:07Z
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@foone Of course. I don’t think I’ve tried more than 2. Though I have used a USB mouse to fight XP interpreting the serial output of a broadcast audio mixer as a mouse. I lost. (Until I unplugged it)
(DIR) Post #AlF3bqOiPluz0X6j0i by cw@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T00:28:16Z
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@foone I was always impressed about 20 years ago that Projector Games got 60, 70+ original Xbox controllers going through an unholy rat's nest of daisychained USB hubs into one lucky PC... And it all worked!
(DIR) Post #AlF3cMdiXWvr0KN9pw by mothcompute@vixen.zone
2024-08-23T00:32:44Z
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@foone not mice specifically but yes just yesterday
(DIR) Post #AlF3favhrk9sC2KLdw by PeterLG@theblower.au
2024-08-23T00:28:23Z
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@foone Old school? RS-232 mice? Three. Never found a use though 😂
(DIR) Post #AlF3j4pT9nVpnF4PuS by mothcompute@vixen.zone
2024-08-23T00:33:57Z
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@foone well not mice *exclusively* i mean
(DIR) Post #AlF3nHaxdRzMXpI120 by mr_daemon@untrusted.website
2024-08-23T00:30:34Z
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@foone Honestly if I ever had a computer with more than two RS232 serial ports back when serial mice were part of my life, I probably would have tried at some point lol
(DIR) Post #AlF41kqveYk9L6evxI by whitequark@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T00:33:01Z
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@foone I was thinking about this literally yesterday.
(DIR) Post #AlF4HzU31VmZLkhNb6 by kajer@infosec.exchange
2024-08-23T00:39:37Z
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@foone I've always wanted to see >1 cursor on screen when >1 mouse is connected... Or is that just me?
(DIR) Post #AlF4mz9cIZSTIxvCam by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T00:44:52Z
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@kajer yes!
(DIR) Post #AlF4sR7VkUbjUJXIEi by Fyrd@front-end.social
2024-08-23T00:45:31Z
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@foone #1 reason to connect multiple mice to a computer is to play multiplayer Lemmings. But two is sufficient for that, so that's as far as I've wondered.
(DIR) Post #AlF59IeySPIOAiEGye by mgerdts@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T00:49:10Z
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@foone I’m saddened by all those that feel limited to just a couple serial ports. May I introduce the Digi SCSI Terminal Server, giving you an additional 8 serial ports off your SCSI bus. Of course, you can daisy chain 7 of them per bus. With a few dual port SCSI cards and a tall stack of cash, imagine the possibilities!https://www.artisantg.com/TestMeasurement/46497-2/Digi-STS-1008-SCSI-Terminal-ServerBack in the day I think I had a 16+ port version of this that I used for remote access to Sun and HP servers via their serial consoles.
(DIR) Post #AlF5fUzu7c1fhdNAiO by CursedSilicon@social.restless.systems
2024-08-23T00:54:56Z
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@foone I resent the accusation of being called normal on its face
(DIR) Post #AlF5tGCTvxvNreolFI by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T00:57:20Z
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@mgerdts ooh, serial over SCSI!
(DIR) Post #AlF6NOHiRO2ncpdJkO by MichaelPorter@ottawa.place
2024-08-23T01:00:44Z
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@foone One for each direction?
(DIR) Post #AlF6VhpXee6cYsQ6TI by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T01:01:58Z
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I'm thinking about designing a game that uses EIGHT serial ball mice and it's expected to be played by four players simultaneously
(DIR) Post #AlF6dFcGRDYvNDo6ka by ukscone@fosstodon.org
2024-08-23T01:05:02Z
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@foone 4 players or 1 octopus
(DIR) Post #AlF6jopoPREQL6HAsC by whitequark@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T01:05:43Z
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@foone it's disappointing that you can't really buy new ball mice as far as i can tellsure, it's easy enough to build your own (... actually, is it?) but I was hoping someone'd still be making them
(DIR) Post #AlF6pEndIf8MJdqB7o by MishaVanMollusq@sfba.social
2024-08-23T01:07:11Z
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@foone kinky
(DIR) Post #AlF6v1jSnS6tWfePy4 by johnefrancis@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T01:09:01Z
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@foone working title: Nut Ninjas 🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #AlF71ic2HXkqFoMqVU by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T01:09:54Z
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@whitequark yeah, I was thinking the same.Then I found 10 unopened ones at ewaste so I'm happy for now!
(DIR) Post #AlF8JzYa7dEnyM1rbU by ducksauz@snug.town
2024-08-23T01:24:33Z
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@foone Guessing you've got an Digi 8 port serial card hanging around somewhere?
(DIR) Post #AlF8Yu9kU1zbZCWaoq by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T01:27:07Z
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@ducksauz of course
(DIR) Post #AlF9WsGid8jr5UNes4 by thorsummoner@ibite.lol
2024-08-23T01:37:44Z
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@foone pretty sure that's a twin stick shooter, at least by convention
(DIR) Post #AlF9rPolbZMsvj6KB6 by epu@mstdn.social
2024-08-23T01:41:55Z
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@foone I feel bad for wondering if they all plug in, as they say, in parallel, or ..
(DIR) Post #AlFABKrzi8lVNN6qAa by Pyxaron@dragonchat.org
2024-08-23T01:45:22Z
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@foone I'm still disappointed that multiple mice don't result in multiple pointers. Also, i was the kind to have a mouse, a trackpad, a trackball, a mouse-emulation tablet and a touchscreen on the same machine.Still am, but with USB it's kinda ... eh.
(DIR) Post #AlFG4XT54XuY98bATQ by aizuchi@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T02:51:10Z
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@foone sometime in the early ‘80s made a football video game for arcades that had four trackballs, one for each player. I remember guys wearing themselves out spinning those things, as they were programmed for the least response ever. Xs chasing after the Os in the name of football. More video games should exhaust the players!
(DIR) Post #AlFIANOpcTgIZ6WRTE by yankeefinn@macaw.social
2024-08-23T03:14:42Z
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@fooneMake it so players have to hold the mice upside down, move the ball with their thumbs, and click the buttons on the underside
(DIR) Post #AlFP8nClP83phP4Moy by RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange
2024-08-23T04:32:53Z
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@foone Hold on kid, those there aint no ethernet ports.
(DIR) Post #AlFVlo7CYMAFXbSFZw by crazybutable@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T05:47:08Z
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@foone I know enough hardware engineering to make my own pci expansion cards so I don’t wonder, I know the real answer, and it is “as many as I god damn please”
(DIR) Post #AlFXlI1a46jHvDhrjk by fere@infosec.exchange
2024-08-23T06:09:34Z
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@foone @whitequark sure you have a lot if mice but do you have a mouse that reacts to the cursor? I mean, who wouldn't need a two-way mouse 😄 https://youtu.be/I-4of5jOlDo
(DIR) Post #AlFYHdFOh87L0gai8W by _CuriousBen@mastodon.gougere.fr
2024-08-23T06:15:25Z
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@foone Would it support Bluetooth mice too?I want to play with my magic mouse and my magic trackpad!
(DIR) Post #AlFZlcswhnNKWpxK3U by secretbatcave@don.secretbatcave.co.uk
2024-08-23T06:31:55Z
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@foone not serial mice, but serial wacoms
(DIR) Post #AlFbhivYUzkI1ARXt2 by hennichodernich@radiosocial.de
2024-08-23T06:53:07Z
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@foone Try it out! https://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=976
(DIR) Post #AlFbpzXWcOL5rC969Y by jernej__s@infosec.exchange
2024-08-23T06:53:50Z
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@foone @whitequark We threw a box of unopened ball mice away when the company moved a few years ago…
(DIR) Post #AlFfcUQTO2W9PZfGBE by billgoats@bitbang.social
2024-08-23T07:37:28Z
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@foone FINALLY! Somebody is making a computerised version of Hungry Hungry Hippos :D
(DIR) Post #AlG3MtlTo8eCGUaYVs by EndlessMason@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T12:03:05Z
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@fooneA parallel port is basically 8 serial ports, right?
(DIR) Post #AlGC3PyhEHmhy5YYWu by vxo@digipres.club
2024-08-23T13:40:10Z
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@foone @mgerdts That is adorable. UART over SCSI. We use a ton of Digi One SP serial over IP devices on an internal network here for controlling remote microwave site antennas and cameras. They make some odd and wonderful interfaces.
(DIR) Post #AlGG8BvNJ79je8XCAi by ppxl@social.tchncs.de
2024-08-23T14:25:31Z
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@foone finally! Finally I can belong to normal people!!
(DIR) Post #AlGJSaIsfx7MuXweLA by trouble@masto.ai
2024-08-23T15:01:56Z
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@foone The practical limit is three on an 80386 with 16550 uarts directly on the 8 bit ISA bus. Yes, Digi and others made some special boards that let you have 8 or more serial ports (all multiplexed on one IRQ) , but you needed special drivers. I ran 4 and had to share IRQs. I wrote my own serial driver and it wasn't good code and would occasionally lock up, requiring a reboot. But dang it was cool having 3 serial terminals multiplexed over one modem.
(DIR) Post #AlGOPjrNBkj3S3XaQy by mw1cgg@mastodon.radio
2024-08-23T15:59:16Z
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@foone 18, because that's all the serial ports I had on that machine at the time.(16 port expansion card plus your standard two inbuilt into the multi IO card.