From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 18 13:08:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA15482 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 13:08:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA15466 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 13:08:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA07049; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 13:03:44 -0800 Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 13:03:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Michael Smith cc: ssriva1@umbc.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD 2.1 In-Reply-To: <199603180704.RAA24617@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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