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Tetrium: Created page with "There are basically 4 different kinds of mouses available to people who use retrocomputers serial PS/2 USB Wireless As often motherboards predating Socket 5 / 7 / Supe..."

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Created page with "There are basically 4 different kinds of mouses available to people who use retrocomputers *serial *PS/2 *USB *Wireless As often motherboards predating Socket 5 / 7 / Supe..."

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There are basically 4 different kinds of mouses available to people who use retrocomputers

*serial
*PS/2
*USB
*Wireless

As often motherboards predating [[Socket 5 / 7 / Super-7 Motherboards|Socket 7]] lack USB (and older ones may even lack PS/2), a serial mouse is almost a must for playing older Windows games, but these are hard to come by these days (particularly mouses that have a scrollwheel).
Adapters to make a PS/2 mouse fit in a serial connector exist, but the mouse itself must be able to support the serial protocol or it won't even work.
PS/2 expansion cards are virtually non-existant, if they exist at all and USB expansion cards have the drawback to requiring a relatively large amount of CPU power (so it's not always a good idea to use such a card in a [[Socket 1-3 Motherboards|486]]). On top of that, many USB cards won't fit a 486's PCI slots as said PCI slots often are incompatible with newer USB expansion cards.

Wireless mouses are generally not recommended for a retrocomputer, though this ''may'' depends for a great deal on individual preferences

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-There are basically 4 different kinds of mouses available to people who use retrocomputers
+There are generally four different kinds of mice:
-*serial
+* Bus mouse
-*PS/2
+* Serial
-*USB
+* PS/2
-*Wireless
+* USB
-As often motherboards predating [[Socket 5 / 7 / Super-7 Motherboards|Socket 7]] lack USB (and older ones may even lack PS/2), a serial mouse is almost a must for playing older Windows games, but these are hard to come by these days (particularly mouses that have a scrollwheel).
+As often motherboards predating [[Socket 5 / 7 / Super-7 Motherboards|Socket 7]] lack USB (and older ones may even lack PS/2), a serial mouse is almost a must for playing older Windows games, but these are hard to come by these days (particularly mice that have a scroll wheel).
-Wireless mouses are generally not recommended for a retrocomputer, though this ''may'' depends for a great deal on individual preferences
+Adapters to make a PS/2 mouse fit in a serial connector exist, but the mouse itself must be able to support the serial protocol or it won't even work.  The pinout of these adapters is not standardised, so adapters from one manufacturer may notwork with mice from another company.

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Malvineous: Category, copyediting

Tetrium: Created page with "There are basically 4 different kinds of mouses available to people who use retrocomputers *serial *PS/2 *USB *Wireless As often motherboards predating Socket 5 / 7 / Supe..."

Tetrium: Created page with "There are basically 4 different kinds of mouses available to people who use retrocomputers serial PS/2 USB Wireless As often motherboards predating Socket 5 / 7 / Supe..."