On Wednesday, March 04, 1998 12:08 AM, Jonathan Stone 
[SMTP:jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU] wrote:
>
>
> I've built a 1.3.1 binary release built for the pmax but AFAIK, 1.3.1
> is not yet officially out the door.
>
> Plus, there is currently no space on ftp.netbsd.org, or I would
> release the binary I have as an unofficial `1.3.1_BETA' snapshot.
>
> The specific problem here is that the original `hockey-puck'mice
> sold and shipped with DECstations 3100s work fine.  The problem is
> that the newer, "square" mice (e.g,. from TC machines) take slightly
> longer to initialize, and with a more accurate DELAY() in 1.3, the
>  don't wait quite long enough for the newer mice.  That's fixed in 1.3.1.
>
> I've created ~ftp/pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/NetBSD-1.3.1_BETA on
> ftp.netbsd.org as a 1.3.1 "snapshot", and placed precoompiled 1.3.1
> pmax kernels there inside the binary/kernel/ subdirectory.
>
> It's safte to install 1.3, and then fetch and copy in the 1.3.1
> kernel by hand.  (The file you want is probably netbsd.aout.)
>
> Followups on this  should probably go only to port-pmax, please.
>

Just for the record, I have the "hockey puck" mouse on my DECstation 3100 
and still have no response to the mouse in Xwindows under NetBSD 1.3.  I 
will try the updated kernal to see if it solves the problem.