Show HN: Network-Attached Serial Mouse

Category: infrastructure

Tags: serial-mouse, terminal-server, python, hardware-hack, retro-computing

Score: 4.8/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 5, Documentation: 6, Utility: 4)

A Python tool that enables using a serial mouse over the network via a terminal server, turning a vintage hardware find into a functional peripheral for modern systems. It's interesting for its creative repurposing of networking hardware and bridging old serial technology with current operating systems.

Target audience: hardware enthusiasts, retro-computing fans, system administrators

Repository: https://github.com/NTICompass/NetworkAttachedMouse · Python

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