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: Distribution: comp Date: Tue, 6 Nov 90 16:57:00 GMT In article 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. -- Peter Yeung Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center 2000 Argentia Road, Plaza 2, Suite 300 Mississauga, Ont. L5N 1V8 Phone: (416) 542-6300 Fax: (416) 858-2233