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Re: Introduction/Linux



On Fri, 1 Sep 1995, Yaron wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> > > I hear nobody knows how to get a DECmouse to work under Linux, but I'm 
> > > still looking for a way. Any help will be appreciated (-:
> > I have never heard about a DECmouse. If you mean some sort of PC made by 
> > Digital then there is a very good chance that this is a PS/2 type mouse. 
> 
> Yeah, I know thta part. It didn't work as a PS/2 mouse until I hacked the 
> code and _made_ it work, but it only works with 2 buttons, and let's face 
> it, Emulate3Buttons pretty much sucks... how would YOU like pasting the 
> entire screen because you didn't press at exactly the same time? (-:
> 

Believe me, no hacking is required. If it doesn't works the linux is not 
configured correctly.

About the 2 or 3 buttons part, what you need is a PS/2 Logitech mouse. I 
am aware that is difficult to find them in Israel. I will try to find out 
the part no., and the name/address of some distributor, write to me to 
the office address.
 
Vlad
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