Subject: Re: Making a Mouse Systems A3 Mouse Work
To: John Plotecher <jplotech@diisd.k12.mi.us>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/02/1997 09:45:29
> As you've read in my earlier posts, I've decided that it's time to
> run X in style... with a three button mouse.
>
> I just read on the MacBSD Web pages that the Mouse Systems A3 Mouse
> works. Would I just be able to plug it in and use it or do I have to
> do anything special to make it work?
>
> Thank you!
>
> p.s. This is my second email ever sent from Unix! :-)
It won't quite work straight out of the box. I have some patches to a
-current kernel which allow it to work, though. Basically, it was just a
matter of figuring out how the extra button presses were sent. If you
want the diffs, I can send them to you.
Later.
--
Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX