Re: MS Mouse Replacement

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.hardware, alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject	Re: MS Mouse Replacement
Date	2017-02-26 23:30 -0500
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2017, Paul wrote:

> Bill wrote:
>> SC Tom wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Bill" <BILL_NOSPAM@whoknows.net> wrote in message 
>>> news:o8ti2c0260p@news4.newsguy.com...
>>>> SC Tom wrote:
>>>>> Well, I found one I like. It's a Logitech M705:
>>>>> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TG75EG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The few times I've tried wireless mice, I experienced "lag" so I've stuck 
>>>> with corded mice.
>>>> It's been a few years.  Are corded mice faster (to an amount someone 
>>>> could discern?).
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> I've never noticed any lag, even when play an FPS game, but then it's been 
>>> years since I've used a corded mouse.
>>> Some mice have a "sleep" feature to help extend battery life; I find that 
>>> annoying.
>> 
>> Yes, I went and did some "research" after I made my post. The sleep feature 
>> was mentioned. Another concern (to me) would be the compatibility of the 
>> mouse with Linux, or during a new installation of Windows.  I don't think 
>> I'm going to give up my cord just yet.
>
> If the nano-receiver of a wireless mouse shows up as a "USB HID",
> it should be OS agnostic.
>
> Serial (RS232) mice are different. They even work in Win10. But
> on Linux, I think only Puppy would use one. The other distros always use
> my USB mouse, and ignore the serial port as a potential serial mouse
> source.
>
Surely in the early days Linux might have been able to handle serial mice. 
It was a time when things were still solidifying.  But likely the code has 
been removed from the 'standard" kernel, since nobody uses serial mice 
these days, it's either PS/2 or USB.

   Michael

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MS Mouse Replacement "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2017-02-09 11:57 -0500
  Re: MS Mouse Replacement Bill <BILL_NOSPAM@whoknows.net> - 2017-02-09 12:18 -0500
    Re: MS Mouse Replacement John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2017-02-09 14:18 -0500
      Re: MS Mouse Replacement "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2017-02-09 14:44 -0500
        Re: MS Mouse Replacement GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> - 2017-02-09 18:23 -0600
          Re: MS Mouse Replacement Bill <BILL_NOSPAM@whoknows.net> - 2017-02-09 20:41 -0500
            Re: MS Mouse Replacement "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2017-02-10 08:45 -0500
              Re: MS Mouse Replacement Bill <BILL_NOSPAM@whoknows.net> - 2017-02-10 13:49 -0500
                Re: MS Mouse Replacement "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2017-02-12 09:06 -0500
          Re: MS Mouse Replacement "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2017-02-10 08:36 -0500
  Re: MS Mouse Replacement "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2017-02-13 07:22 -0500
    Re: MS Mouse Replacement GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> - 2017-02-13 15:07 -0600
  Re: MS Mouse Replacement "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2017-02-25 07:39 -0500
    Re: MS Mouse Replacement Bill <BILL_NOSPAM@whoknows.net> - 2017-02-25 22:29 -0500
      Re: MS Mouse Replacement "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2017-02-26 07:28 -0500
        Re: MS Mouse Replacement Bill <BILL_NOSPAM@whoknows.net> - 2017-02-26 09:21 -0500
          Re: MS Mouse Replacement Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2017-02-26 15:27 -0500
            Re: MS Mouse Replacement "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2017-02-26 16:47 -0500
            Re: MS Mouse Replacement Bill <BILL_NOSPAM@whoknows.net> - 2017-02-26 22:20 -0500
            Re: MS Mouse Replacement Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2017-02-26 23:30 -0500
          Re: MS Mouse Replacement Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2017-02-26 23:28 -0500

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