From: Forrest Kenney [Forrest.Kenney@compaq.com.doom]
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:55 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: USB on OpenVMS

    You should be able to plug in any USB mouse optical etc. that you desire.
I did a bunch of testing with a microsoft optical track ball with 5 buttons and
a thumb wheel.

    For folks who want to experiment when they V7.3-1 and want to use a
USB controller that VMS will automatically recognize get an ADS Technology
Turbo Quad 4 card.  I just checked and CompUSA carries them and they
cost less that $30.

    Officially USB is only going to be supported for 1 keyboard and 1 mouse
one Marvel systems.  But most of our testing has been done on other platforms
using add in cards.

Forrest Kenney
OpenVMS

> Of course, no matter how good it is mechanically I can't see it collecting
> less dirt than a modern optical mouse.  I would love to be able to plug a
> USB optical mouse into an alphastation.
>
> And a USB keyboard too.  I tried a Logitech PS-2 keyboard on my
> Alphastation, and it hung twice in 20 minutes.  I'm hoping the Digital PC
> keyboard I just bought on ebay will fare better.
>
> --Keith Lewis              klewis$mitre.org
> The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.