First post, by fleedar
I recently picked up an original Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1A (serial version).
I remember using this mouse as a kid and loving it, but I’m having an issue with this one that makes it unusable. The polling rate seems to be a fraction of every other serial mouse I connect. The cursor is choppy, and drawing a circle in MS Paint results in an octogonal shape. Connecting my original Microsoft ball mouse and drawing at the same speed gives me a nice smooth circle.
This is the case on every machine I connect it to, and it does it with and without the Intellipoint drivers and software. I’m wondering if this is an issue specifically with the serial version, since the one I had as a kid was a PS/2 mouse, but I can’t imagine why that would be the case. Does anyone have experience with this mouse? I don’t know if it’s a common thing or if mine is just defective.