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What does "Legacy USB Mouse" support in a BIOS mean?

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What does a "Legacy USB Mouse" option in a BIOS mean? Yes legacy usually means older revision, or obsolete. So legacy usb mouse means support for "old style usb mouses". That's not really answering the question. As Mr. Tamm, my high school electricity teacher, liked to say, "Yes, and oranges taste …

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As I understand it, it's not the Mouse or Keyboard that's legacy (PS/2 hasn't changed, USB is backwards compatible with other USB versions), it's the Operating System - legacy mouse mode emulates a PS/2 or AT device when a USB mouse is used with a O…

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