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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: If you were to assemble a new machine... Date: 3 Mar 1994 18:48:35 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 28 Message-ID: <2l5be3$k5o@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CM0v1x.A9K@unccsun.uncc.edu> <2l2oq8INNjk4@twain.ucs.umass.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <2l2oq8INNjk4@twain.ucs.umass.edu>, Peter deFriesse <peter@twain.ucs.umass.edu> wrote: [ Sluggish mouse ] >Yes, but you probably aren't going to like it. I was very disappointed >with the performance of my mouse (jumpy, intermittent, etc.) compared to >my `at work' system running a much older version of FreeBSD with 16550's >also, and a similar (same brand) but newer mouse. > > Change the drivers to the older com0/1 from the sio0/1. I tried mix >and match, but no-go. Luckily, my 14.4 modem works fine (and faster than >DOS) with com vs. sio, and the improvement in mouse performance is >astounding. The man page for sio explains the flags you can use to disable the buffer on the 16550. Since the com driver is now deprecated I would suggest using the sio driver for future compatability. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.