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From: joe@cbmvax.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - Product Assurance)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Some A3000UX Questions.
Message-ID: <14884@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 4 Oct 90 17:26:18 GMT
References: <32336@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Reply-To: joe@cbmvax.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - Product Assurance)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <32336@nigel.ee.udel.edu> WHE46@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
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>   I have a couple of questions about the A3000UX Amiga UNIX system from
>Commodore.

    <question about 1.44MB floppy support>

>   Second, this might seem like a silly question, but what kind of 
>mouse is to be included with the A3000UX?  The use of three-button mice
>has become an unofficial standard for X-Windows systems, and any
>Commodore UNIX systems should also include a three-button mouse.  
>
>   Actually, I was hoping that AmigaOS2.0 would include support for
>three-button mice, and that Commodore would start including three-
>button mice with all Amiga systems, including the UNIX systems, but 
>I guess this was not to be.  

Why ask a question if you already presume a negative? In fact, 2.0 does
include support for three-button mice, although system-related use of
mice is still limited to two buttons for backwards compatibility. The
A3000UX units shipped to Virginia Tech included three-button mice.
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