I/O Addresses for the Microsoft MouseLast reviewed: September 16, 1996Article ID: Q68110 |
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SUMMARYThe following are the ranges in which an I/O (Input/Output) port assignment may occur for the Microsoft Mouse. The ranges are given in hexadecimal numbers, and the serial communications port assignments conform to the IBM standard I/O address range assignments for PCs and PS/2s. This information applies to the Microsoft Mouse for MS-DOS systems.
SERIAL MOUSE
Port Assignments Address Ranges ---------------- -------------- COM1 3F8H-3FFH COM2 2F8H-2FFH BUS MOUSE (BUS INTERFACE BOARD SETTINGS)
Primary Inport Range23CH-23FH
Secondary Inport Range238H-23BH
MORE INFORMATIONAn I/O port acts as a doorway through which information travels. Information may originate from the CPU, travel over data and address buses, pass through the I/O port, and finally reach a peripheral device such as the mouse. Although the CPU recognizes various ports through 16-bit port numbers that range from 00H through FFFFH, the port address is not actually an address found in main memory. A port assignment is a memory location separate from a (main) memory address that is associated with that particular I/O port. No other peripheral device, such as a modem or printer, may share the same I/O address with the mouse or the mouse may not function correctly.
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