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The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks)

The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks)

Posted Apr 29, 2005 14:17 UTC (Fri) by hensema (guest, #980)
In reply to: The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks) by beejaybee
Parent article: The ins and outs of USB (IBM developerWorks)

USB Mice use higher bitrates than PS/2 mice. You can actually notice the difference. Also, the PS/2 mouse port uses an interrupt, and interrupt lines are still a bit scarce.


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