On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Marcus Comstedt wrote:

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> >>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net> writes:
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>   Joseph> 1) Are the controllers supported as 'mouse' like devices, with the analogue 'joystick' and 6 available buttons?
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> No.  The real mouse isn't supported yet either, mostly because I
> haven't found anything in NetBSD that uses a mouse anyway (there is no
> X yet).

Good point =) I was just trying to think of every question I had to start.

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>   Joseph> 2) How robust is the bus which powers the kbd, dc mouse, controllers, etc?
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> Um, exactly what do you mean by that?

It was related to the next question. Trying to figure out if the maximum
speed would make it all but worthless.

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>   Joseph> 3) Would it be possible (do not read as: easy) to build an external enclosure for a hard drive which would connect via the afforementioned bus?
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> Yes.
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>   Joseph> 5) How much voltage is there on the kbd/dc mouse/controller's bus?
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> 5V.  Don't know how much current you're allowed to draw though.
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>   // Marcus
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Thank you for being willing to help me out =)
/joseph

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