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From: jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Jeffrey L Bromberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Questions for the hardware hackers
Keywords: optical mouse - VP card to dial out
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Date: 28 Dec 90 19:52:37 GMT
Sender: jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Jeffrey L Bromberger)
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OK.  I've been keeping abreast of all the hardware improvements that
have been discussed for the 3B1, and have not seen these questions
come around.

Now that Thad is (was?) going to try putting an IBM'ish monitor on the
machine, I was wondering about changing the mouse.  Maybe our machines
can't be as nice as a Sun, but I'd like to try putting on an optical
mouse.  But, to my dismay, there's no pinout in the Hardware Manual
for the mouse *or* keyboard.  So, has anyone else dreamed of this and
seriously looked into it?

Next, I got one of those annoying computer calls last night.  You all
know the type, where the computer spits out this huge message to get
you to buy something.  Can I make my voice power card dial out and
make these annoying calls? :-)  Would I have to use the 3B1's builtin
dialler and put the line through the VP card?

Thanks for your collective expertise.

j
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Jeffrey L. Bromberger
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