From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 26 08:13:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA27738 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:13:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from psiint.com (vv.psiint.com [204.189.53.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA27733 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:13:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by psiint.com (8.6.12/4.03) id IAA04769; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:13:35 -0800 Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:13:34 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton To: Michael Smith cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Honeywell 3 button mouse In-Reply-To: <199602242307.JAA28072@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > Dave Walton stands accused of saying: > > > > If you dig through that marketing hype, you get this: It's a > > high-resolution mechanical mouse that doesn't use a ball. That means > > that it doesn't need a special pad like an optical mouse, but it never > > ever ever needs cleaning like a ball mouse. Quite simply, it's the best > > mouse mechanism I've ever run across. > > This sounds like the round Decstation Mice (or cheeses as we called them). > Unfortunately, whilst they work fine (we also called them 4WD mice) on > really rough surfaces, they're round, so you have no idea which way > they're pointing when you grab them 8) Round? What a silly shape to make a mouse. I suppose you could find "up" by checking the tail... Why did you call them 4WD mice? What was their mechanism like? Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================