There was an early version of the Microsoft Mouse driver that turned interrupts off when you moved it. This was mainly during the refresh of the mouse cursor position on the screen. Wreaked havoc on our terminal emulator software getting data over the serial line, mostly just dropped characters. But if those characters were in the middle of a command sequence, things could most definitely appear hung. Later versions did not have that issue.
Fred On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > But I mostly blame the software industry, which has conditioned people to > > accept poor performance without complaining. > > > I'd blame early versions of Windows. "Turn it off and back on again" was > (and still is) the easiest, fastest and most reliable cure for troubles on > Windows. > > It's true of Unix/Linux machines, too, of course: I restart them once, > sometimes twice a year :) Usually when updating the kernel of the OS. > > A senior Linux/Unix/Sun/Mac/Windows sysadmin I know insists it's the mouse > that causes all the problems. He has machines in the backroom wired into > the network that run for years. But put a user and a mouse in front of a > machine and it locks up within a day or two :) > > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajcbkso3twc1khdy5qgrhhxkiwykajimzseaygdfo2moozp...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
