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Works for my very OLD computer…yay!

This is a basic PS/2 mouse - the main features are the low power it consumes, and the great price. If you NEED something that doesn't suck down current, this is the mouse for you. I had to hunt down the spec - it's 10ma. Now you don't need to hunt it down. :)

After years of trying to scrape away every hair from the little roller thingies on those old mouse controllers (the ones with balls) I've finally found an optical mouse that is compatible with my windows 98! That's all there is to it. It works! No extra drivers needed. Smooth. And the wheel works too; though you may need to adjust a few settings or something-- I can't remember. I can't tell you how many of my Sim Farm strawberry fields have been eaten up by bugs while I was furiously trying to get the dumb ball mouse to move! :'D No more!

These mice are perfect if you work in a data center that still uses PS/2 KVM switches by NTI or Belkin. We have a mix of PS/2 and USB machines and these mice are just great. They feel great in your hand and are just the right size and resolution for server rooms. The price is great if you want to buy some spares or units to use in field kits.

It is a basic optical mouse with a PS/2 interface. Other than the scroll wheel, and the fact that it is optical, there are no no other bells and whistles. Works perfectly out of the box on an old Pentium II machine running Windows Me. Also tried it with Windows 98, works just fune. It is very, very light. I am not sure of the quality of its components and how long it will last. I would not use it as the mouse on my daily driver computer. But for the occasional retro computing session it sure beats the classic ball mouse.

Background: I have a refurb Dell Desktop and I used a USB Wifi adapter. I just switched to a travel router and hardwire LAN. My old setup worked but the mouse (Dell wired USB optical) was glitchy at times. I finally had enough and switched to a PS/2 mouse. The ancient, OEM mouse was mechanical, though. The scroll wheel was loud and had a heavy tactile feedback. And mechanical mouses tend to gum up. I wanted a cheap PS/2 optical mouse with at least 600 dpi. I've had s Perixx BlueTooth mouse before that I still have and like. And the price was right. I'm using the Perixx now and I love it!

Very good Design good value for money 💰

I got this because I needed a mouse for my DEC Alpha (personal workstation 433a), I still have Windows NT 4 on the beast so I needed something to work with it as the various USB to PS/2 adapters did not work. This mouse worked very well (well enough I'm ordering another tonight and a backup just to be safe). Had no trouble booting up into Windows and never any trouble using it, scroll mouse worked just fine. I also have plugged it into an old HP Core2 small form factor PC (sorry not sure the model, but it is old enough it still says "HP Compaq" on the front under the HP logo) and booted into 64-bit HaikuOS and it actually worked where my USB MS comfort mouse 4500 did not. So to me proves the PS/2 port sometimes is just one of those things that "just works" when USB fails you.

I bought a few of these, all work. Tested them in windows and also in DOS. I mostly wanted them to work in DOS since I have a couple old PC's which I needed some new PS/2 mice to work in them. Ran DOS, loaded up Ctmouse and detected mouse no problem. Ran a DOS game, worked perfectly. Besides DOS, I like having extra PS/2 devices whether keyboards or mice in cases where my main PC has a problem with its USB ports... and its why smart motherboard makers still put in a PS/2 port, cause they are damn useful for when you get into problems and system restore points don't fix it and a simple ps/2 connection gives you enough power to change or remove any buggy USB drives that messed everything up. I can't say much else, just spent a few minutes playing with it but so far so good. Will change review if they break or something. Very happy they still make decent PS/2 mice.

Ottimo mouse per vecchi computer con attacco PS/2 . Avevo su un vecchio pc ancora un mouse con la pallina, questo fa assolutamente il suo lavoro egregiamente, semplice e funzionale.

gekocht om oudere pc mee te bedienen die niet op USB werkt maar enkel met ps2 en de muis werkt perfect. USB naar PC2 overgang werkte niet maar met deze muis dus wel... een aanrader

Fonctionne bien pour une souris d'usage basique. J'ai ainsi récupéré un port usb monopolisé par une souris pas plus performante.

Es un buen ratón, sencillo y de los pocos que aún llevan conector PS/2. Ideal si dispones de algún ordenador antiguo que aún use este tipo de conector o para usarlo con FPGA's, o con un ZX Next o N-GO.