From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 18 06:24:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA01730 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 06:24:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA01671; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 06:24:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22056; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:23:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199806181323.PAA22056@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: X-10 Mouse Remote patch In-Reply-To: <19980618091014.A5523@ct.picker.com> from Randall Hopper at "Jun 18, 98 09:10:14 am" To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:23:49 +0200 (CEST) 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 From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message