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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Serial Mouse
Message-ID: <3381@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 88 04:30:56 GMT
References: <1416@ge-dab.GE.COM>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
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In article <1416@ge-dab.GE.COM> suppe@ge-dab.GE.COM (Dennis Suppe) writes:
<I am in the market for a 3 button serial mouse.
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<The two I am considering are :
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<   Logitech Mouse (mechanical) 
<   Mouse Systems Optical Mouse
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<I have worked with both of these on Apollo and Sun workstations, and
<prefer the Mouse Systems Optical Mouse.
<
<   Does anyone know if these are compatible with the Microsoft Mouse?

The Logitech Mouse is a CMOS mouse (no power supply required) and can be
programmed at least five different ways, one of which is the Microsoft
Mouse. 

<   Can the Mouse Systems Mouse act like a Logitech Mouse and vice versa?

The default mode of the Logitech Mouse is what is known as 5 byte
packed binary.  This mode is the Mouse Systems Mouse mode.  I do not
know if Mouse Systems makes a mouse that is programmable like the Logitech.

<   Does anyone know where I can get a Mouse Systems 3 button Optical mouse?
<      ( I have only been able to find the 2 button type )

Gee, I didn't know you could get a two-button one.  The ones that we have
at work are three-button.
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