Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 12:56:18 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com> To: Clary Harridge <clary@s4.elec.uq.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Honeywell 3 button mouse Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.960224121052.23331A-100000@vv.psiint.com> In-Reply-To: <199602230501.PAA08587@s4.elec.uq.edu.au>
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On Fri, 23 Feb 1996, Clary Harridge wrote: > I am trying to use a Honywell 3 button mouse for FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE. > > Honywell Model No 3HW53-2E. > > Can someone please advise the correct option[s] for xf86config > to get this mouse to be friendly? I've got a 3HW53-4E, which is a "3-button", serial mouse. It isn't a TRUE 3-button mouse, because the middle button is the same as pressing the left and right buttons simultaneously. I'm not sure what the difference is between -2E and -4E, but here's how mine works, with a modification that turns it into a TRUE 3-button mouse. (thanks to some inside info from Honeywell tech support). The first step is minor surgery on the mouse. If you look at the belly of the mouse, with the cord up, you will see three tabs holding the cover on the mouse. One at the upper left, one at the upper right, and one at the bottom center. Pry the sides of the cover outward near the left and right tabs to release them, and the cover pulls off easily. Now, look at the circuit board. On mine, there is a label at the upper left corner that reads "HW-71106 [2] CPS". Hopefully, your -2E uses the same circuit board. If so, you will see a 5/8 inch vertical wire at the bottom center of the board that has the label "J3" to the left of its lower end. If you cut wire "J3" and move the ends so they don't touch, that turns the Honeywell mouse into a Mouse Systems compatible 3-button mouse. (You probably want to do this in a way that allows repairing the wire with a drop of solder if you ever want to reverse the surgery.) No, I'm not responsible for any damage you may cause to your mouse. All I can say is "Mine works great!" Once that surgery is done, you can just tell xf86config that you have a Mouse Systems 3-button mouse, and it'll be happy. If you also are running Windows 95, you may notice that Mouse Systems doesn't show up on their list of mice. I found the Mouse Systems driver on the Win95 CD in the \drivers\mouse\mousesys directory. Just tell Win95 that you have a disk and point it to that directory, and it'll install the driver. If you wish to use the mouse under DOS, check what version of hmouse.com you have. When they told me how to make this modification, Honeywell sent me the latest version, 8.20b, that has a command-line option /mo to tell it that your mouse is Mouse Systems compatible. If you have an earlier version of hmouse.com, you may or may not have that option. If not, I'll be glad to send you a copy of 8.20b. Good luck! Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================
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