On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Del Campo, Damian wrote: > Hi, having just completed my installation of debian on a SparkStation2 that > I acquired I was upset taht I couldnt' move my mouse (all the buttons work). > I thought that it was stuffed but now realise that I don't have the pad for > it. (its an optical mouse) > > Where do I go from here? > 1) I pressume its not worth buying a type4 pad.
Yes, because they should be cheap, if you can get them. I have been totally out of stock of both type-4 and type-5 optical grid mouse pads for a few weeks and I can't get any more. Seems nobody has stocks of them at present. sigh I normally sell type-4 and type-5 optical mouse pads (through SRK) for A$10 each, when I can get them into stock. 8-) > 2) What other types of mouse/keyboard are compatible with a SS2 ie. type 5/6 > etc A type-5 optical mouse should work if you have a type-5 pad, or get a type-5 opto-mechanical mouse (which should also work) and use any old PC mouse pad with it. > 3) Where could I buy a mechanical version? Currently looking on Ebay. There's no opto-mech version of a type-4. Type-5's come in both optical and opto-mech versions, and type-6's only in opto-mech (AFAIK). > 4) If I cut out the spacer in a PS2 plug, could I use it & what > functionality would it lack. ie 6 pins instead of 8. Not sure what you're aiming at doing here? A PC mouse should not work at all, but I hear people saying 3-button MS-compatible mice can be got to work. I have no idea if there's any truth to it though. Regards, Craig. -- Craig Ian Dewick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). http://lios.apana.org.au/~craig Operator of Jedi (APANA Sydney member-access site) in Waterfall, Australia. Always striving for a secure long-term future in an insecure short-term world Have you exported a crypto system today? Do your bit to undermine the NSA.
