# PS/2 to Serial Mouse

This adapter will enable you to use a mouse with a 6 pin Mini-DIN (PS/2) connector to a computer with a 9 pin D-SUB (Serial) connector.

This requires that the mouse handles both protocols. A mouse like this is sometimes referred to as a combo-mouse.

(To the mouse)
(to the computer)

6 PIN MINI-DIN FEMALE to the mouse.
9 PIN D-SUB FEMALE to the computer.

| Mini-DIN | D-SUB |
--- | --- | --- | ---
GND | 3 | 5 | GND
RxD | 2 | 2 | RxD
TxD | 6 | 3 | TxD
+5V | 4 | 7 | RTS

Contributor: Joakim Ögren, Tomas Ögren, Thomas Eschenbacher

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Document last modified: 2001-06-07