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Date:      Thu, 10 Dec 1998 21:29:38 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Cc:        Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com>, spork <spork@super-g.com>, FreeBSD-Hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mousen 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812102128460.329-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <199812110156.UAA26827@whizzo.transsys.com>

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On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Louis A. Mamakos wrote:

> 
> > Just thought I'd summarize, for the benefit of all.  Seems like all the
> > touchpad input devices are 2 button, and since I like using 3 button, I
> > guess that's out for me.  I checked the IBM button, and it's 2 button
> > also (too bad, I liked it even better than touchpad).
> > 
> > Looks like, if you want 3 button and don't like a mouse, the trackball
> > is your ONLY bet.
> 
> Not quite; I've got a couple of Alps Glidepoint keyboards which have 3
> button trackpad pointing devices.  Plus, these things also support the
> "tap" gesture as a 4th virtual button.  I don't know if they're still
> available any longer, though.

Wonderful, I'd given up!  I found a webpage, I'll see if the really sell
it (or the web page is just stale) tomorrow.

> 
> louie
> 
> 
> 
> 

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