From: fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu (David Fox) Subject: Re: Gateway Nomad Field Mouse Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 20:41:50 GMT
In article <1993Apr16.091220.21224@anl433.uucp> Iain.Lea@anl433.erlm.siemens.de (Iain Lea) writes:
Paul Fishwick (fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu) wrote:
:
: I am looking into putting Linux on a Gateway Nomad 486 DX2/50 and before I
: do, I'd like to know whether anyone else has put Linux on this machine.
: I checked the compatibility chart but did not see a "Nomad" or
: "Texas Instruments" machine there (the Gateway machines being repackaged
: TI machines). Specifically, the Nomad comes with a "field mouse" (whatever
: that is :). Does the field mouse emulate the Microsoft bus or serial mouse?
I have 0.99p6 running on a TI4000 DX2/50. Tried installing X but could not
get the mouse to work but then again I only tried for a short while.
I have 0.99p6 running on a TI4000 DX2/50, and I have installed X but
I too can't get the PS/2 mouse running (and I've tried for longer than
Iain.) The standard solutions for the PS/2 mouse don't work on the
TI/Gateway (mconv, kernal patch to send init sequence) So, I have a
mouse in the 9 pin serial port except for the times when I kill X so
I can run my modem.