Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:23:49 +0200 (CEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, nirva@ishiboo.com, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X-10 Mouse Remote patch Message-ID: <199806181323.PAA22056@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <19980618091014.A5523@ct.picker.com> from Randall Hopper at "Jun 18, 98 09:10:14 am"
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In reply to Randall Hopper who wrote:
> Sren Schmidt:
> |I didn't mean RF problems or anything with the X-10 hardware, but having
> |it communicate TOGETHER with the mouse is a real bad idea, to put it
> |on the PS/2 mouse port is insane, that is the crappy enginnering I'm
> |talking about (I wouldn't even call it engineering)....
>
> Can't speak to the PS/2 mouse port issue. My serial mouse is running
> pass-though though the MouseRemote.
>
> |And it has NO business in moused whatsoever, its a hack and it doesn't
> |belong there. I'm sorry I havn't noticed this before, but its should be
> |ripped out ASAP, I would never have allowed it in there if I had
> |found out before.
>
> So far I have yet to hear what about it is a hack. The device is designed
> to save you from having to take up another valueable serial port with the
> remote. It has mouse buttons on the back and a togglewheel on the front
> which can function as a mouse as well, so you don't even need to connect it
> up to another mouse for it to function as one.
I can tell you from bitter experience that the PS/2 mouse / keyboard
interface is not something you want to use. Also having 3 devices
come out of the same interface poses LOTS of problems.
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end?
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