You can get a postscript file that you can print out and use as a mouse pad. I have seen it in action, but I have never tried it myself. What my friend did was just print it out on a good laser printer and have it laminated. It worked for him.
I don't have a link to it, but I am sure you can find it on Google. If not let me know and I will ask my friend. shawn -----Original Message----- From: Del Campo, Damian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 7:44 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: Type 4 Optical Mouse & SS2 Thanks, Damian Del Campo, B.Eng (Comp Sys - Hons) Software Engineer, SAGRN Project Phone 08 8401 7037 (Flinders St) Fax 08 8231 1385 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 29 October 2001 11:41 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Type 4 Optical Mouse & SS2 > > Del, > > Follow the instructions below. > > > Steve Grady > > > > > The Mouse Pad > Save this as a file, the pass it through a postscript printer and you have > a > replacement for the Sparc mouse pad. > > > > > %!PS-Adobe-2.0 > %% Sun 3 mouse pad > %% Copyright 1987, Beak Soft Inc. > %% All Rights Reserved > %% Permission is granted to copy and use this without charge > %% as long as the copyright notices remain intact. > %% > %% > > gsave > 90 rotate > /ZapfChancery-MediumItalic findfont 24 scalefont setfont > 5 -40 moveto > (This is a mouse pad. It works!) show > ( 1987, BeakSoft Inc.) > dup > stringwidth pop > 10.9 72 mul > exch sub > dup /copyr exch def > -40 moveto > show > /Symbol findfont 24 scalefont setfont > (ã) > dup > stringwidth pop > copyr exch sub > -40 moveto > show > grestore > > .8 setlinewidth > 50 0 moveto > 250 > { 2.4 0 rmoveto gsave 0 11 72 mul rlineto stroke grestore } repeat > > .6 setlinewidth > 50 0 moveto > 300 { 0 2.8 rmoveto gsave 8.5 72 mul 0 rlineto stroke grestore } repeat > > showpage > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Del Campo, Damian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 29 October 2001 12:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Type 4 Optical Mouse & SS2 > > > 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. > 2) What other types of mouse/keyboard are compatible with a SS2 ie. type > 5/6 > etc > 3) Where could I buy a mechanical version? Currently looking on Ebay. > 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. > > Thanks, > > Damian Del Campo, B.Eng (Comp Sys - Hons) > Software Engineer, SAGRN Project > Phone 08 8401 7037 (Flinders St) > Fax 08 8231 1385 > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andreas Behnert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, 28 October 2001 5:03 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CD Instalation / "not block device" > > > > > > "Del Campo, Damian" wrote: > > > > > > Hi, I changed the CD drive in my SunSparc2 as I thought it may be the > > cause > > > of my installation woes. Funnily enough, I could boot to it and the > base > > > installation was a sinch and was all from the CD. > > > However, after the base installation, when it rebooted and then came > to > > the > > > package installation it couldn't use the CDRom, it wouldn't mount the > > device > > > saying that it was "not a block device". > > > > The SS2 (and AFAIK many other Sparcs) needs a CD drive that supports > > a blocksize of 512 byte. I do not know what blocksize is used by the > > Linux SCSI CD driver, may be 1024 oder 2048 or something like that, > > but if you want to boot from CD the "Open Boot PROM" expects a > > blocksize of 512 bytes. This is also the reason why bootdisks > > created with "dd of=/dev/fd0 if=image.bin bs=512" work and disks > > created with "... bs=1024" don't. > > > > I'm using a "Teac 532S" on my SS2 and I don't have any problems... > > > > > *The CDRom is actaully a burner, this shouldn't matter though should > it? > > > > Hmm. If it's an old one or if it's a very cheap new one there could > > be all sorts of problems. Better get something that is known to > > work. I tested my "Teac 532S" with Open Boot PROM V2.4.1 and 2.9 ... > > > > > *Also, in the base installation, when it asks you do change the kernel > > > modules, should I have tried to install generic SCSI support if it > could > > > already read my CDRom & hard drives. Well I did try but > unsuccessfully. > > > Should I not try and install modules at all? > > > > If it can read your HD and CD there is no need to install a driver > > for it. And AFAIK every Sun box has a SCSI controller and the older > > ones don't have anything else but SCSI so the kernel on the Debian > > Sparc bootdisk should have SCSI support compiled in. > > > > > > Greetings, > > Andreas Behnert > > > > > > -- > > To err is human; effective mayhem requires the root password :-) > > -- > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
