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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Ron Steele wrote:

> I am interested in getting a keyboard with a build-in touch pad to replace
> the mouse.  The one I saw was an Alps.  Would the beast be supported 
> by FreeBSD?  My fear is that a special driver is required for the touch
> pad.

If it will act like a PS/2 style mouse (the one in my laptop here does) 
then it should be supported okay.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major