From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 9 14:34:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA06643 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:34:03 -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 OAA06621 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:33:58 -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 RAA00911; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 17:32:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 17:32:30 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: splite cc: Peter Dufault , FreeBSD-Hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mousen In-Reply-To: <19981209171751.A1972@cynix.ecn.purdue.edu> 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 Wed, 9 Dec 1998, splite wrote: > On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 05:05:12PM -0500, Peter Dufault wrote: > > > What would really be nice is if someone made a keyboard with the built in > > > "stick" that comes with the Thinkpads. It's really nice to not have to > > > move your hands off the keyboard to position the mouse... Anyone ever > > > seen one under $100? > > > > I know IBM makes them (in black of course). I don't know the cost > > though. I'm going to get one - I'm a big fan of the IBM widget, > > and if you've used the one on Toshibas don't dismiss IBM's - the > > IBM one is incomparably better. > > How many mouse buttons does it have? I can't image trying to push two > buttons with one thumb to simulate a middle-click. I suppose one could > use both thumbs... According to the web page, it's really expensive, comes in black or white, but only has 2 mouse buttons. I do too much cut'n'paste to be really happy about that. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- 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