On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 19:59, Thomas Williams wrote:
> On Sunday 06 July 2003 09:30 am, ed tharp wrote:
> > not to be stupid, I am just trying to get my head around something here,
> > for what reason do you want to use a USB mouse over a serial mouse? are
> > there some advantages I have not considered? (like freeing up an irq
> > line? are they less expensive? better cable routing?) thanks.
> > ET
> > 
> 
> Its not so much using USB over serial as it is optical over analog. I had a 
> chance to get a new mouse and its a long story as to why and how but what it 
> boils down to is that the USB was the easiest solution. Not only that, but a 
> quick cursory inspection of the site I was ordering from 
> (http://www.warehouse.com) it at least appeared to be cheaper to get an 
> optical USB mouse than an optical serial mouse. I may not have looked very 
> closely, but that was my initial observation.
> 
> Tom Williams
thank you.
ET


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