| From: | Alastair Robinson |
| Date: | 1 Jul 2001 at 17:17:01 |
| Subject: | PC MIce [Was: Has anyone heard news of the new SETTLERS?] |
Hi Neil,
On Sunday 01 July 2001 8:49 am, you wrote:
> The bad/jerky update is caused by the way the OS polls for updates. Take a
> look at Win2k and Win98 with the same hardware (PS2 or serial) and you'll
see.
Well, yes up to a point - the Amiga's mouse counters are always valid, so the
pointer's position can be updated perfectly in sync with the video system.
On PCs, both PS/2 and serial mice report their positions a certain number of
times a second (30 for serial, typically 80 for PS/2), and these rates can
interfere badly with the screen-refresh rate - giving a jerky appearance.
This can affect EZMouse, and particularly the Punchinello-II, as well as just
PCs.
My point was that serial mice, at 30fps, aren't going to feel smooth whatever
you do to them ;^)
All the best,
-- You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you look above the television for a title bar to find out the name of
the program you are watching.
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