parallel ports don't support hot plugging? til!

I knew serial does, win9x actually instructs you to plug in a serial mouse if it doesn't detect a serial or PS/2 mouse is plugged in... it shouldn't prompt if you plugged in a USB mouse either but that sometimes doesn't work.

@noiob that's why it only prompts you to plug in a serial mouse, at best Windows will never see a PS/2 mouse you just plugged in. I know, I lived through this shit.

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@onfy it's still a weird connector to not be hotpluggable (and yeah, it often de-facto is, at least on newer boards)

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