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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!nntp.hut.fi!nntp!jem From: jem@snakemail.hut.fi (Johan Myreen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: 3 button mice and FreeBSD Date: 02 May 1994 14:40:52 GMT Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 15 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <JEM.94May2174053@delta.hut.fi> References: <767565393snz@casa.demon.co.uk> <michaelv.767571719@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <2pqi9p$4dg@panix2.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: delta.hut.fi In-reply-to: tls@panix.com's message of 29 Apr 1994 04:59:37 -0400 In article <2pqi9p$4dg@panix2.panix.com> tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes: >The main reason I see no need to use my Dell's built-in PS/2 mouse port is >that PS/2 mice are only two-button. There are three button PS/2 mice. I have used one made by Logitech. The IBM spec only talks about two buttons, so the middle button is nonstandard, and implementations may vary. But if you look at the protocol, you'll see there is really only one bit position in the packet that makes sense as the "middle mouse button pressed bit." -- Johan Myréen jem@cs.hut.fi 60° 11' 55" N, 24° 53' 30" E