Re: Another question

Post #102,052

5/15/03 9:49:27 AM

Yes, I think we can lose the parallel port, but the hard-interrupt mouse and keyboard are essential IMO. I think you want the keyboard with the highest priority interrupt. I was rather disappointed with my USB Trackpoint keyboard.

-drl

Post #102,074

by folkert

5/15/03 10:57:31 AM

Well, I see quite the opposite.

I am getting better response and tacitile feel from my USB mice and keyboard. Yes, Mice. I have a standard three button M$ optical wheel mouse for gaming and a Kensington Orbit for everything else.

The Keyboard I use is a "Memorex" spill-proof USB keyboard. I have gone to Spill-proof keyboards as a matter of course, mainly my 16 year-old and now 10 year old have roached quite a few already... accidentally. $12 at Best-Buy on sale. $19.95 when not.

Summary, USB Mice and Keyboards are VERY VERY zippy. Better than hard Interruptted ones. Proven, even recently with me typing in a gabber session with a PS/2 keyboard... it gabber sometimes has 4 second pause on my typing when using the PS/2 keyboard. USB Keyboard... haven't had narry a pause yet.

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Post #102,091

by Nightowl

5/15/03 12:22:27 PM

Re: Well, I see quite the opposite.

I am getting better response and tacitile feel from my USB mice and keyboard. Yes, Mice. I have a standard three button M$ optical wheel mouse for gaming and a Kensington Orbit for everything else.

The Keyboard I use is a "Memorex" spill-proof USB keyboard. I have gone to Spill-proof keyboards as a matter of course, mainly my 16 year-old and now 10 year old have roached quite a few already... accidentally. $12 at Best-Buy on sale. $19.95 when not.

Hmmm I don't know what keyboard and mouse I actually have. I know the mouse is an optical MS mouse but I don't know what port it uses. And I know the keyboard is a standard Windows one, but I don't know what it is either. I do know that the monitor is a Viewsonic A-70 and I love it. :) My mouse and keyboard do fine for me, so I guess I'm happy. We used the same ones Andrei was using. (And monitor and speakers).

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Post #102,094

by deSitter

5/15/03 12:29:23 PM

Re: Well, I see quite the opposite.

Well, I had a lot of trouble getting USB hotplugging to work right on my Thinkpad under 2.4.18 - I haven't had time to look at 2.4.20, but I will.

One nice thing about my USB kbd - it has a light-year long cord, so I can surf in glorious repose, with being hunkered over the machine.

-drl

Post #102,079

by jake123

5/15/03 11:18:43 AM

I agree with you on this, for both mouse and keyboard

I tried USB (my current mouse is a usb with an adaptor to ps/2) and found that the response was a lot slower.

Since I'm a SCSI addict, so giving up two interrupts to my primary means of interfacing with the computer doesn't have huge evil ramifications for me.

USB is very good for some stuff; the new MSD drivers coming out for OS/2 mean that mass storage devices like cameras, thumb drives, etc, are all working quite nicely, and for those sorts of things USB is an excellent interface. Now if only we could get some good firewire stuff happening ....

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Post #102,080

by pwhysall

5/15/03 11:20:03 AM

I differ.

You all know that I'm a gamer. Good mouse response is vital to my computing happiness.

USB beats the pants off PS/2 in my humble O. Smoother, sharper.

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