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From: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Some A3000UX Questions.
Message-ID: <1276@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
Date: 6 Oct 90 20:44:20 GMT
References: <32336@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Reply-To: p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst)
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn
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In article <32336@nigel.ee.udel.edu> WHE46@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>This format has become a standard for UNIX workstation systems,
>and Dave H. himself has mentioned the need for any Commodore UNIX 
>systems to be able to read and write this format.  
I don't know if Dave Haynie has said this but you can easily use
a SCSI disk drive for this.

>   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.  
The last time, I've used a HP workstation it has used a two button
mouse and you pressed both buttons at once to get the button3
qualifiers.

>   Actually, I was hoping that AmigaOS2.0 would include support for
>three-button mice.
Three button mice were supported by the drivers but not intuition,
it didn't use them and a bug prevents applications from using it
through intuition. This should be solved in 2.0.


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