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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:02:39 -0700
From:      "Maksim Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com>
To:        "Alexander Leidinger" <Alexander@leidinger.net>
Cc:        bluetooth@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Wiimote as a mouse replacement?
Message-ID:  <bb4a86c70804151002q3f0642c8x1079487f6d50eed6@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080415120002.162247crf5fyg22o@webmail.leidinger.net>
References:  <20080415120002.162247crf5fyg22o@webmail.leidinger.net>

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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Alexander Leidinger
<Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  has someone already tried to connect a Wiimote to FreeBSD (as a mouse
> replacement)?

i recall someone already played with it. i will try to dig out that
old email. here you go, it was turned into sf project

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsdmoted/

>  I found a dump of the HID at
> http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Bluetooth_Specs

i recently got myself a wii :) will take a look at wiimote when i have
a minute to spare

>  A Wiimote looks cheap enough to think about using it in a Home Cinema
> System or in a presentation. It's much easier to use on a sofa than a normal
> mouse.

$40 us is not that cheap :) but then again compared to apple mighty
mouse it is cheaper :)

thanks,
max



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