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Article #26215Re: 1 vs 3 button mice issue
From: Jerry Whitnell
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1988 17:52
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1988 17:52
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In article <4737@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> borton@net1.UUCP (Chris Borton) writes: | ... |Would it be possible to add a three-button mouse to the Mac interface? The |hardware would be simple enough with ADB, I believe. The key to this would be |defining in the semi-usual-Apple way an interface that would function like |Color QuickDraw -- let the old stuff work like normal, and IF the new function |is there THEN take advantage of it. The current ROM only knows about one button. Hence it would ignore any other buttons on a multi-button mouse. But it would be straight-forward to program a CDEV to recgonize the addition buttons and translates them into any desired function (for example, a pop-up "menu-bar" or windows that can resize from any point on the frame). | |Let's think about this carefully... | |Chris "Johann" Borton, UC San Diego ...!sdcsvax!borton Jerry Whitnell Been through Hell? Communication Solutions, Inc. What did you bring back for me? - A. Brilliant
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!nsc!csi!jwhitnel From: jwhitnel@csi.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: 1 vs 3 button mice issue Message-ID: <1445@csib.csi.UUCP> Date: 10 Mar 88 17:52:23 GMT References: <4129@hoptoad.uucp> <283@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu> <1710@ssc-vax.UUCP> <14458@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> <1739@ssc-vax.UUCP> <4737@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Reply-To: jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) Organization: Communications Solutions Inc., San Jose, Ca Lines: 21