interesting experiment.

[Alex Snow]

How would a person tern of that padmouse thing? My laptop had both the stick
and the pad, and I got rid of the stick but not the pad.  The stick used to
be right in the middle of the keyboard where I might hit it while typing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 1:55 AM
Subject: Re: interesting experiment.


> On Sun, 19 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> > Here's another one.
> >
> > Can one yet get a readable report on installed hardware under
> > Windows?
>
> Actually, to be fair, one can, and has done for at least a couple of years
> now.  I've used it to do such things as compile a hardware list to ease my
> transition to Linux, and also to turn off the glide mouse thingy on my
> laptop, you know, the thing that uses your finger, sleeveor whatever comes
> into contact with the pad as a pointer, and whose left and right buttons
> (yes, I know, why two buttons?) are in just the place where they're likely
> to get pressed when you least want/need.
>
>  > As I recall, there's such a
> thing, but it writes a graphical > file. Not at all as friendly as dmesg.
>
> I'll agree with you about dmesg, much nicer.
>
> Cheers.
>
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