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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