Chris Glover wrote:

Doesn't the laptop have a PS/2 port for the rodent?

I'll check this out at home - or I could get a USB mouse as there is one USB port.

Daniel Silverstone wrote:

If you're *extremely lucky* you won't have fried your modem or your parallel port.

*very different power levels and pinouts there*

If you need to use this serial modem, get a USB<->serial doobry

Er, oops :-) I have very little luck with modems (ongoing sagas) so it may be fried. I did only have the one brief attempt.

I'll try either a USB or PS2 mouse then to free the serial port, or see if I can easily get the usb-serial doobry. (Then I'll go and get another unfried modem......)

Thanks all, Jen