Re: Mechanical vs Optical mice (was Re: mouse cleaning)

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From: Jeff Smith
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 07:07

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In <1jq6l6INN3jt@larry.cs.ubc.ca> samuel@cs.ubc.ca (Stephen Samuel) writes:

>A better question:  Is there someplace that sells third-party optical 
>mice for the various models of SGI? I would LOVE to put optical mice on 
>our newer machines (actually, we've got a couple of IBMs that I'd love
>to put optical mice on as well).

Mouse Systems sells an optical mouse that works with SGI machines, which
is gold sealed by SGI, which I believe means you can buy it from SGI
directly.

Mouse Systems also sells a similar 3-button optical mouse that will work
with the RS/6000, but unfortunately it is sorta brain dead and the
middle mouse button will *not* work (the IBM PS/2 mouse protocol only
defines 2 buttons, but most mice do 3 buttons the same way including
Logitech (makes the RS/6000 mouse) and even newer Mouse Systems mice).

jeffs@sgi.com

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