Everhart,Glenn
From:	Shane F. Smith [SFS@alphie.healthnet.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, April 15, 1998 6:46 PM
To:	Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject:	Re: VAXstation 3100 - mouse

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> |I just got a bunch of government surplus stuff, including a VAXstation
> |3100.  Unfortunately, it didn't have a mouse with it, and the OS seems
> |to be somewhat dependent on one.  If anyone out there has a mouse that
> |will work with this, please let me know.
> 
> Or...
> 
> Could you just jumper a plug to fool the cpu into thinking there was
> a _real_ mouse at the port?
> 
> After all, the mouse isn't an intelligent peripheral, and the VAX or
> the software may just be making a continuity check.
> 
> 
>   Mark

If it's running DECwindows the mouse is pretty important. I don't have
a box to try it on right now, but I'm pretty sure I found a way to use
the arrow keys to move the mouse pointer and the SELECT, PREV and NEXT
as the three mouse buttons. I think I had to hold shift and control down,
shift and alt or something like that. Have a look through the .DAT files
in DECW$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS for a resource setting and associated comments.
Sorry I can't be more specific, this is roughly a four year old memory.

There are definitely hotkeys for most of the other functions. Alt-Tab
cycles the focus around the windows, alt-ctrl-tab goes the other way
through the list, alt-f9 iconises the window, alt-f10 maximises it,
alt-f5 restores from an icon. These are listed in the window menus, but
you mouse control to call them up....

Good luck.

Shane

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