Re: 3-button mouse

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From: Mirko Fluher
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 00:00

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In <01bc3ab3$61f5ffc0$LocalHost@oldputer> "Tony Smith" <tsmith@iig.com.au> writes:



>> I'm having a miserable time trying to get my 3-button mouse running
>> properly under XFree86. It's a no-name job (brand is "Arlec" whatever
>> that means) and seems to be a microsoft compatible 3 button serial
>> mouse. All three buttons work under Curtains95.
>> 
>I suspect that you have an ARTEC mouse currently been sold at discount
>variety stores (even in Cairns) for $4.95.

>It actually isn't a bad mouse, except for one small drawback, the only
>drivers in existence are DOS and Windows 3.

>It is not compatible with anything (in spite of its own Dos software
>sign-on claiming to be operating in "Microsoft mouse mode")/

>Pitch it and buy a mouse compatible with something that Linux knows about.



>-- 
>Cheers

>Tony Smith
>tsmith@iig.com.au

I use 'Artec' mouse for both dos/win and for Linux. Never had any problems.
With Linux it is possible to use the 3 buttons... (as long as you switch
from MS-3key to PC-3key at the back).
Cheers,

-- 
Mirko Fluher 			APANA Membership Database Co-ordinator
http://pax.apana.org.au		PGP Public key: finger pgp@pax.apana.org.au
Australian Public Access Network Association	http://www.apana.org.au

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From: mir@pax.apana.org.au (Mirko Fluher)
Subject: Re: 3-button mouse
Date: 1997/03/30
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