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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Amiga doesn`t need Pl
- Date: 19 Feb 1996 21:34:34 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4gamsq$6vp@serpens.rhein.de>
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- gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com (Gene Heskett) writes:
-
- >Think about it guys if you will! That "pc" mouse outputs its data at
- >measly 1200 baud! Translated, thats 120 bytes/second.
-
- >Now assuming the data is a byte for the button status, and a byte
- >each for how much its moved each way since the last time it
- >transmitted. Thats 3 bytes, or only 40 times a second *provided* the
- >mouse chip is a fully multitasking chip! Not bloody likely in a
- >$5.00 mouse. And some are even cheaper in OEM qty's.
-
- No, that's not a problem. All mice I have seen are fast enough to
- send mouse events with 40Hz (compared to 50 or 60 Hz for Amiga mice).
- However, for 3-button mice each mouse event needs 5 bytes and that
- drops the rate to 24Hz which _is_ noticable.
-
- >the computer. An actual update rate can't be more than 40 times a
- >second, and in real life, probably not more than 15 times a second.
-
- All mice I used did 40 Hz in 3-byte mode and 24 Hz in 5-byte mode.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
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