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Date:      Mon, 18 Mar 1996 13:03:43 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        ssriva1@umbc.edu, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation of FreeBSD 2.1
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960318130133.6916F-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199603180704.RAA24617@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, Michael Smith wrote:

> Doug White stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > > Another question I have is about the mouse.  I have a Logitech two button 
> > > mouse with a round circular plug that connects to the back of the 
> > > computer.  Is this a bus mouse or a PS/2 mouse?
> > 
> > Well, it's both :-)  Those are synonyms.  
> 
> No, they're not.  "bus" mice have a micro hung off the AT bus; PS/2 mice 
> have keyboard-style interfaces and hang off the keyboard controller.
> 
> Very _very_ different.  The above is almost certainly a PS/2 rodent, as
> busmice are virtually extinct.

I'm just not getting anywhere today, I think I'm 1-for-3 in questions 
responses.   :-)  

Thanks for the clarification.  I wasn't aware of a difference, and even 
why.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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