Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 15:30:13 -0500 (EST) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mousen Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9812091527160.25408-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812090820230.1106-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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What would really be nice is if someone made a keyboard with the built in
"stick" that comes with the Thinkpads. It's really nice to not have to
move your hands off the keyboard to position the mouse... Anyone ever
seen one under $100?
As for the glidepoints, I haven't used one. Cirque makes some neat ones,
but the best features are lost when you go away from windows. It lets you
make a strip on the right side act as a scrollbar control for the active
window.
I found all kinds of stuff at cdw and insight by searching under "input
devices" and then narrowing it down to weed out keyboards and joysticks...
Good luck,
Charles
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On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Chuck Robey wrote:
> I've always disliked real mice, because the paper/notes/flotsam that
> encroaches on my pc doesn't want to give up the real estate. Because of
> that, I went to trackballs, but it's always annoyted me that trackballs
> seem to pick up dust bits, and then work with a very rough feel to them,
> unreliably jamming.
>
> Because of this, when I saw the little square plastic, I think they're
> called touchpads, on some Mac portables, I thought they were great. No
> moving parts to get gummed up! Only problem is, I don't do portables, I
> go for towers. Does anyone know of a touchpad mouse that's sold as an
> add-on (prefereably a serial interface) that I can buy, that will let me
> smash that darn balky trackball against the wall?
>
> If I have the name for the kind of mouse I'm referring to wrong, I'd
> appreciate being corrected, too.
>
> Thanks.
>
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