From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 11 04:51:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA02622 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:51:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA02617 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:51:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA64627; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 07:49:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 07:49:50 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Peter Dufault cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mousen In-Reply-To: <199812110944.EAA06012@hda.hda.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Peter Dufault wrote: > > > 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. > > You haven't covered 3D force feedback devices yet. The force feedback > of the IBM widget is what makes it work so well (push hard - moves fast, > push light - crawls). I'm not sure what you'll do with the Z axis. I couldn't find a vendor, except for IBM. I wasn't discouraged by their price, but I *require* at least 3 buttons, and none of theirs have that. Outside of that, I liked the times I've tried it ... but am a little wary of wear and tear, seeing as they sell those button replacements, there's got to be a reason why. Still, if I saw a 3 button version, at any price, it'd have to be a real string consideration. > > Peter > > -- > Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, > HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message