Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 12:26:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> To: wonko@entropy.tmok.com Cc: bsdx@looksharp.net, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FW: Sun mice (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006061223550.31894-100000@fmh.fw.eu.fulton.blink.com> In-Reply-To: <200006061615.MAA01420@entropy.tmok.com>
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Brian Hechinger wrote: > but from what i see here, there are two serial buses... Right. The hardware, at any rate, looks to the OS as if it's a pair of Z8530 serial controllers, each with two ports. One Z8530 is a pair of serial ports, the other is the keyboard and mouse. (This was how you could kludge a 3/60 to have four serial ports--by removing the mouse and keyboard and doing some clever wiring.) > the serial ports > share one, and the kybd/mouse share the other, so in actuality, the only > difference is the connector that is hung off of it. Right. > interesting. so > theroretically serial mice should work regardless of the OS. the wheel > on the other hand.... Even the wheel should work fine. So long as your driver supports it. cjs -- Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> 917 532 4208 http://www.netbsd.org Human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars. --Gustave Flaubert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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