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Hello Ad,

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

Well, I have a Trackman Marble running with OS/2 just using the standard
(Microsoft) mouse drivers. Of course you can only use two buttons, and I
am not aware that Logitech provides any drivers for OS/2 with all those
extra facilities you get with the Windows drivers. It also runs with
Linux as standard Microsoft mouse, and you can use all three buttons.

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

Hope this helps,
Chris Priest.


Ad van Poppel wrote:
> 
> Ik zit erover te denken mijn mijn in te ruilen voor een trackball.
> Misschien wel een goed medium tegen RSI.
> Nietemin is de keus beperkt.
> Als ik de advertenties in computerbladen erop door lees, stuit ik maar op 2
> type trackball; de Logitech Trackman Marble en Marble FX.
> Heeft er iemand ervaring met het gebruik van een trackball onder OS/2?
> Zijn er speciale drivers voor nodig?
> 
> Gaarne jullie reactie!

>>>>> "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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