From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 9 05:28:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA15114 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 05:28:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA15105 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 05:28:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA24691 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 08:26:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 08:26:02 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: FreeBSD-Hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: mousen Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've always disliked real mice, because the paper/notes/flotsam that encroaches on my pc doesn't want to give up the real estate. Because of that, I went to trackballs, but it's always annoyted me that trackballs seem to pick up dust bits, and then work with a very rough feel to them, unreliably jamming. Because of this, when I saw the little square plastic, I think they're called touchpads, on some Mac portables, I thought they were great. No moving parts to get gummed up! Only problem is, I don't do portables, I go for towers. Does anyone know of a touchpad mouse that's sold as an add-on (prefereably a serial interface) that I can buy, that will let me smash that darn balky trackball against the wall? If I have the name for the kind of mouse I'm referring to wrong, I'd appreciate being corrected, too. Thanks. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message