From: "John H. Robinson, IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Windows can handle the situation and recover.
Same system?
No. Same brand of mouse, motherboard likely very different.
> I really don't like USB mice. Three reasons- first its overkill. Second,
> the USB protocol takes extra processor cycles.
I have not looked too deeply into the spec, but I am certain that the USB protocl is not far worse than say the PS2 protocol.
I've done PS2 in DOS. Its a very low frequency, low bandwidth event with no overhead (read some registers to grab the coordinate delta). USB is heavyweight, since it handles so many devices. A benefit in some ways, a negative in others.
> Third, if the USB chip fries on the motherboard, can you say single > point of failure?
Bad choice., Most motherboards that have USB on them have two USB systems. USB0 and USB1. So if the USB chip dies, you plug into the next one.
Even if this is not the case, this is a very bad example. Do you have any idea how many single points of failure a typical computer has? Let's
But the USB bus is the only one of those you put random peripherals into.
Gabe
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