Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:41:17 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: uniform input device packets? |
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Hi!
> If we're safe to assume that 8 (2^3) devices of any one type is > sufficient, and that there will never be more than 32 (2^5) different > types of devices, then we can represent this information in 1 byte. We're > basically saying that each device/ID# is unique, allowing for a *total* > of 255 (2^8) possible devices (although no more than 8 in any category). > I think this is sufficient.
Hmm, I do not like this one. What is wrong with attaching 9 mice to my PC? Also, you limited number of device types to 4. Currently, we have keyboards, mice, joysticks, lightpens, tablets. That's 5.
Pavel -- I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).
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