tima@bcs800.UUCP (Tim Addington) (03/21/91)
We just purchased some Logitech mice to use on ISC 2.2.1. The are the new Logitech "Mouseman" product which is supposedly ergonomic and hi-res. This mouse is sold as either Left-Handed or Right-Handed and is angled to the left or right depending on which flavor you get. This is the only Logitech mouse that we can buy from our regular supplier now. Apparently, this mouse replaces the standard C-9 mouse which seems to works fine with ISC X-window product. This problem has already been reported to ISC and they are checking into it. Just thought that I would warn anyone who might be about to buy one of these critters that it won't work. -- | Tim Addington | Opinions expressed here are mine | | Brock Control Systems | and in no way reflect those of | | Atlanta, GA | Brock Control Systems. | | {rutgers,gatech}!emory!bcs800!tima | Work 404-431-1252 Home 404-640-1385 |
root@Topsail.ORG (Chuck Murcko) (03/24/91)
Mouseman (serial at least) speaks Microsoft 3 byte protocol, except for the middle button, which has 4 byte down/up sequence. You should be able to use the mouse as Microsoft, anyway, even though you give up the middle button. -- Chuck Murcko The Topsail Group 538 E. Church Rd., Elkins Park, PA 19117 Internet: cmurcko@topsail.Topsail.ORG UUCP: ...!uunet!lgnp1!gvlv2!topsail!cmurcko
grant@bluemoon.uucp (Grant DeLorean) (03/25/91)
tima@bcs800.UUCP (Tim Addington) writes: >We just purchased some Logitech mice to use on ISC 2.2.1. The are the >new Logitech "Mouseman" product which is supposedly ergonomic and hi-res. >This mouse is sold as either Left-Handed or Right-Handed and is angled >to the left or right depending on which flavor you get. Those were a pretty bad idea, IMHO. The C9 was pretty good as it was. BTW, if you need something that works and works great get the Logitech Trackman. The system thinks it is a C9 mouse, and once you get used to it you will never want to use an upside down trackball (IE a mouse...) again... -- \ Grant DeLorean (grant@bluemoon) {n8emr|nstar}!bluemoon!grant / "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence."-C.A. Beard
campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) (03/25/91)
This happened to me, too, and gave me quite a chuckle when I figgered it out. Guess what? The new Logitech "Mouseman" mouse is *not* Logitech-compatible! That's right, it emulates a *Microsoft* mouse! Oh, you want to use all three buttons? Well, the thing comes with all these nifty drivers for Windows, Lotus 1-2-3, etc. etc. but if you're not running MooShi-DOS, you're stuck with two buttons! Fortunately, Egghead Software took back the Mouseman and still had a Series 9 in stock. Looks like Logitech has been taken over by cretins... -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc., 120 Fulton Street campbell@redsox.bsw.com Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (USA)
rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) (03/26/91)
campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes, in response to an article complaining that Logitech Mouseman isn't compatible with C9: > This happened to me, too, and gave me quite a chuckle when I figgered it > out. Guess what? The new Logitech "Mouseman" mouse is *not* > Logitech-compatible! That's right, it emulates a *Microsoft* mouse! Oh, > you want to use all three buttons? Well, the thing comes with all these > nifty drivers for Windows, Lotus 1-2-3, etc. etc. but if you're not running > MooShi-DOS, you're stuck with two buttons! *sigh*! This is all too common in DOSland. To PC hardware manufacturers, "hardware compatible" means "compatible at the BIOS level, maybe, if you install our DOS driver." While there's an advantage in the manufacturer being able to change the hardware if it must, yet keep compatibility by modifying the driver, it allows (encourages?) gratuitous changes. It also means that for any OS other than DOS (a concept not grasped by a lot of little manufac- turers:-), you get to wait until somebody writes or modifies an existing driver. And, of course, this increases the cost of software. -- Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd Boulder, CO (303)449-2870 The Official Colorado State Vegetable is now the "state legislator".
jim@tiamat.fsc.com ( IT Manager) (03/28/91)
In article <1991Mar25.035729.7963@bluemoon.uucp>, grant@bluemoon.uucp (Grant DeLorean) writes: > > Those were a pretty bad idea, IMHO. The C9 was pretty good as it was. > BTW, if you need something that works and works great get the Logitech > Trackman. The system thinks it is a C9 mouse, and once you get used to > it you will never want to use an upside down trackball (IE a mouse...) > again... Agreed. Our second Trackman just arrived today. It did take some getting used to, and your thumb will be sore for a while, but I can be much more accurate with the Trackman. --jim ------------- James B. O'Connor jim@tiamat.fsc.com Ahlstrom Filtration, Inc. 615/821-4022 x. 651