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From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: serial mouse
Message-ID: <8538@smoke.ARPA>
Date: 19 Sep 88 22:02:09 GMT
References: <1037@lakesys.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) )
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1037@lakesys.UUCP> mikep@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Pluta) writes:
>Does anyone out there in netland have any idea if a serial mouse exists?

Yes, RS-232-C mice exist.  I think the Mouse House is one vendor of them.
They don't work quite the way you described.

Generally they are not a good idea.  Mice rely on eye-hand coordination,
which breaks down badly when the display lags more than about 0.1 second
behind the mouse.  Mice work best in a much more closely-coupled
environment.  Why not just buy an AT&T 630?