Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:24:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3-button mice on laptops (was Re: FreeBSD keyboard) Message-ID: <199607170224.WAA29119@shell.monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199607162319.XAA29773@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> from "Sean Kelly" at Jul 16, 96 05:20:27 pm
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> > >>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@freefall.freebsd.org> writes: > > Jeffrey> What about laptops? I've been trying to find one with a > Jeffrey> 3-button mouse, but they're uniformly 2-button, except > Jeffrey> for RDI's sparc laptop. Are there any pc notebooks which > Jeffrey> have an option for 3-button built-in mice? > > If you happen to find one, would you mind letting me (or the chat > list) know? I'd like to have a laptop, but no 3-button mice is > definitely something holding me back. > > -- > Sean Kelly > NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov > Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/ > The best thing I've found is the three-button PS/2 mouse used on IBM AIX workstations and HP Xterminals. Plugged into the PS/2 mouse port on my Thinkpad -- instant three-button mouse. I think Logitech makes them for HP and IBM... The Thinkpad's TrackPoint is (unfortunately) only two button -- but they're large and locking on my 365. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | 17 Meredith Drive, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724, 908-389-3592 | pechter@shell.monmouth.com I'll run Win95 on my box when you pry the keyboard from my cold, dead hands. FreeBSD, OS/2, CP/M, RT11, spoken here.
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