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Re: Trackball voor OS/2?

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From: huug
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 00:00
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>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Priest <chris@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:

 Chris> Hello Ad, I do not know Dutch, but I think you are asking if the
 Chris> Trackman Marble and Marble FX work under OS/2.

I replaced my 3-button Pilot with a Marble FX last week.  It works with
the same driver.  OS/2 doesn't use the middle button for itself, but you
can use third-party s/w like NPSWPS of FeelX to assign some
functionality to it.  And programs designed for 3-button mice (like
Emacs) work just fine (using the standard Serial Mouse driver).

 Chris> I have not tried the Marble+ (the one with the wheel) or the
 Chris> FX. Some of the newer mice, like the latest one from M$, need to
 Chris> be sent an initialiation from the computer. Linux cannot handle
 Chris> this yet, so OS/2 probably cannot run these either.

IBM has released a (beta) driver for wheel mice on its device drivers
web site.  From what I understand of it, you need a 4-button wheel
mouse/track ball to emulate a 3-button wheel-free one.

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