Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Path: utzoo!censor!meadow!py
From: py@meadow.uucp (Peter Yeung)
Subject: Re: Serial or Bus mouse?
Message-ID: <1990Nov6.165700.12818@meadow.uucp>
Keywords: mouse
Reply-To: py@meadow.UUCP (Peter Yeung)
Organization: Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
References: <nan.657839501@phobos>
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 90 16:57:00 GMT

In article <nan.657839501@phobos> nan@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Nan _ Zou ) writes:
>I'm in the market for a mouse. I realize I have two choices, a serial or a bus mouse. I know the bus mouse takes up a slot while the serial mouse takes a serialport. Is there any difference in performance? The bus version is usually $10 more. Thanks for any info. 
>

I have used both serial and bus mouse before. I don't notice any differences,
period. Serial mice (mouses???) are easier to install since you do not have
to fiddle with the IRQ jumpers on bus mouse adaptors (it can be a pain if you
have other cards using various IRQ's). However, if you do not have a free
serial port or if you will need the serial port later, it would be cheaper
to get a bus mouse than to get an extra serial port later.

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Peter Yeung     Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
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                Mississauga, Ont.   L5N 1V8
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