I have an optical mouse. It has a USB-to-PS/2 adapter on it and works fine on the PC. I bought a PS/2 to 9pin serial adapter to plug into that adapter. Problem is, the mouse doesn't power up now but does when I don't use the 9pin adapter. Do I need a power source for the mouse that a serial port doesn't provide?
I want to read what the mouse is sending when it moves so I can write a driver for another machine (Gamecube Linux) but I'm sure the source would be somewhat re-useable on any platform.
