And if you were to go back a few more years into the past, you’d have found when you bought a mouse with a PS/2 connector fitted, it may well have come with an adapter for a 9-pin RS232 serial port.

The adapters are passive, they rely on the uC in the mouse to detect if it is on a PS2 or serial connection. If it is a newer PS2 mouse that does not support it then you might need something.

Before USB ports became standard on PCs, several devices connected through a serial port. They're obsolete in many ways, but they still see some use.

The ZeptoBit Isolated USB-UART Adapter allows communications between a device using logic level (1.8V to 5V) serial communication and a computer with a USB port.

Today, connectBlue added the Rugged Bluetooth Serial Port Adapter RBS433 to the widely acclaimed Serial Port Adapter product range. The robust and water proof RBS433 provides a plug-and-play solution ...

Serial ATA hard drive owners now no longer actually need a Serial ATA compatible computer to use their drives. Novac has introduced the “SATA HDD Connect Kit USB,” a cable for connecting naked ...

I recently schmoozed my manager into approving a nice 15" Powerbook, and I'm finding I miss my serial ports. Does anybody have experience with a good USB ...

I require the use of a serial port for work, but my laptop didn't come with one.<BR><BR>I got an adapter from work, a Keyspan USA-19HS, but there are currently no drivers for it - none for any ...

When Palm launched its Treo 700w smart-phone a few months ago, many believed the company was abandoning the Palm operating system in favor of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. Today ...