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  2. From: cklarson@flauta.engr.ucdavis.edu (Christopher Klaus Larson)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: Powerbook track ball buttons (click and hold)
  5. Message-ID: <18921@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
  6. Date: 5 Nov 92 20:56:19 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov3.124826.26965@cs.ucla.edu>
  8. Sender: usenet@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu
  9. Organization: College of Engineering - University of California - Davis
  10. Lines: 14
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  12. In article <1992Nov3.124826.26965@cs.ucla.edu> david@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (David Dantowitz) writes:
  13. >
  14. >Has anyone written a trackball hack (similar to the Kensington hack)
  15. >that allows you to have one of the track ball buttons click and hold?
  16. >
  17. >Alternatively, how does one differentiate between the two buttons?
  18. >
  19.  
  20. I don't know about the new PB's (160,180,210,230) but in the older
  21. models the two buttons were physically wired together so there is *no*
  22. way to tell them apart from inside the machine.
  23.  
  24. --Chris
  25. cklarson@engr.ucdavis.edu
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