Hopefully I'm not hijacking this topic, because I don't feel that the question deserves a completely new thread.
Recently I tried 86box for the first time and installed FreeDOS to play some DOS games. 86box is configured to emulate a 486DX2 @ 66 MHz with Sound Blaster 16 and a PS/2 mouse. Generally, everything works quite right, as far as I can tell, but the mouse pointer movement feels exceedingly rapid, especially noticeable at lower screen resolutions like 320x200. This is in stark contrast with the smooth mouse movement I'm used to in DOSBox, which does not feel different from that of the host system.
At first I tried lowering mouse sensitivity in 86box settings, but it still did not feel right. Then I decided to tackle this from the side of the OS in the emulated machine. FreeDOS uses the CuteMouse driver, which has adjustable resolution settings, and I after some experimenting I set it to 1 for both mouse axes (which I guess is the original resolution without amplification?). It kind of fixes the excessive pointer movement speed, but still feels different from the DOSBox mouse behaviour. I have tried different drivers instead of CuteMouse, but they either don't work at all (DRMOUSE, for some reason), or cause glitches (original IBM PS/2 driver), or do not work with some games (PhysTechSoft MOUSE.COM). Digging a bit deeper, it looks like 86box tries to stay very accurate to how a real PS/2 mouse would work. Have I been spoiled by DOSBox in this respect?