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Recommended ps/2 mouse for Win98/dos

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First post, by buckeye

Posted on 2017-10-12, 14:06

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I'm having too many issues with USB mice/keyboards on my Intel SE-440BX based rig so looking into some ps/2 mice. Can someone recommend a model and what flavor - ball, laser or optical? Logitech SBF96 or MS Intellimouse seem to be popular from what I found so far.

On a side note, do the SE-440BX2 boards offer better USB support? What about any of the other later Slot 1 boards?

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Reply 1 of 3, by Deksor

Posted on 2017-10-12, 14:25

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I've got several microsoft mice which are like this : https://i.imgur.com/iOTSauV.gif

Neat mice if you ask me : feels good, good compatibility (the mousewheel works under windows 98's gui ! The logitech I had before didn't work with that. It only worked in IE and in games) and it's quite solid

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Reply 2 of 3, by chinny22

Posted on 2017-10-12, 15:13

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Are you USB to PS2 adaptors or simply plugging them into the PS2 ports?
If your not using the adaptors I would give them a try first before replacing your preferred mouse.

I doubt BX2 offers much of an improvement, it was still early days for legacy support and vast majority still used PS2 anyway.
P4 era is when I would consider non PS2 devices becoming somewhat standard.

Reply 3 of 3, by buckeye

Posted on 2017-10-12, 15:37

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chinny22 wrote:
Are you USB to PS2 adaptors or simply plugging them into the PS2 ports? If your not using the adaptors I would give them a try f […]
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Are you USB to PS2 adaptors or simply plugging them into the PS2 ports?
If your not using the adaptors I would give them a try first before replacing your preferred mouse.

I doubt BX2 offers much of an improvement, it was still early days for legacy support and vast majority still used PS2 anyway.
P4 era is when I would consider non PS2 devices becoming somewhat standard.

No adapters were used. I have some and will try them out, just wanted a little feedback first.

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