4860 HD  (250-3540)      Connecting Serial Devices      Faxback Doc. # 1119

You can connect a serial mouse, fax, external modem, or other serial device
to your computer's built-in serial port.

1. Prepare the serial device according to its user's guide.
2. Turn off the computer.
3. Pull down the cover on the back of the computer.
4. Connect your serial cable's DB-9 connector to the serial port. The serial
   port is identified by the serial port symbol (IOIOI) in the inside of the
   pull-down cover.
5. Turn on the computer.
6. If you are installing a mouse, load the mouse driver software, following
   the information supplied with the mouse.

Your serial port is identified as COM1. Some applications ask you for this 
information before you can use a device connected to the serial port.