Subject: Re: i have been enlightened
From: Ryan Mesler (kraylus@airmail.net)
Date: Sat Mar 09 2002 - 16:43:51 MST
or for 20 bucks i can get a logitech optical mouse that works too. i found
one at fry's for 8.
R.L. Mesler <Kraylus>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Brier" <johnbrier@mac.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: i have been enlightened
> I bought a Macally iopti jr usb optical mouse for my ibook2. It has 2
> buttons and a scroll wheel and the scroll wheel functions as the middle
> button too. It works great in Mac OS X (beta software for customizing
> buttons available) and YDL 2.1 picked it up with a 2.2 kernel and the
> benh 2.4 kernel picked it up as well. Not only that but it is hot
> swapable in linux and Mac OS X! It is small. Have fun.
>
> John Brier
> http://john1.homeip.net
>
> On Saturday, March 9, 2002, at 05:56 PM, Gordon Neault wrote:
>
> > "... yep! i plugged in my dads optical logitech mouse (usb) and it
> > worked like a
> > charm. ..."
> >
> > Might be part of the kernel now (LinuxPPC was 2.2.18).
> >
> > "... btw... "multibutton corded conventional (optical w/ball) mouse"
> > how can a mouse be optical and have a ball at the same time? are you
> > referring to the track ball? or the ball underneath (i always called
> > that
> > the mouseball... iunno). ..."
> >
> > The old mouses and trackballs are actually optical devices; they used 2
> > LED's and 2 detectors to create the signal telling the computer the
> > mouse was moving. The rubber ball was simply the means to move the
> > fan-like wheels (2) which interrupted the light path. (imagine a
> > windmill blocking and letting through the light of a setting sun).
> >
> > If you've ever cleaned your mouse, the 2 wheels that get grungy are
> > directly attached to the "fans"; and on either side of each fan are the
> > led and detector; in other words they are mechanical-optical devices.
> >
> > So called "Optical" mice actually bounce light off your desk; they read
> > movement when the properties of the light changes (which is why they
> > won't work on some smooth, seamless surfaces like a mirror; moving the
> > mouse doesn't change the property of the reflection).
> >
> >
>
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