[Wolves] Intellimouse and SuSE 9.2

[James Turner]

On Sunday 20 Feb 2005 23:10, Andy Wootton wrote:
> Kevanf1 wrote:
> >On the subject of mice.  Why did they ever bring out a USB mouse?  If
> >you use a USB port for your mouse then you have a PS2 port unused.
>
> You can build cheaper PCs if you only need USB. Compaq made 2 versions
> of a thin-client box, with and without 'legacy' ports and the price
> difference was more than you would expect. The fad seems to have passed.

A former employer of mine standardised their desktops on these - can't 
remember what proportion were with/without the "legacy" ports though. 
Ironically, despite having 4 USB ports the only devices that seemed to work 
with them were a keyboard and mouse. We tried and failed to use a USB inkjet 
printer that someone had bought without checking compatibility... after a 
long run-around with Compaq support it seems that locally connected printers 
could only be used via the parallel port.

The operating system... Windows CE .NET (non-upgradable).

Regards,

James (of the long-delayed replies)