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Subject: Re: 3 button mouse
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On Monday 28 February 2005 01:05 pm, Joshua Tinnin 
<krinklyfig@spymac.com> wrote:
> On Monday 28 February 2005 12:01 pm, David Scheidt
> <dmschei@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > I need a three button mouse.  Just three buttons, no wheel, no
> > bells, no whistles.  I can't find one, as everything has a silly
> > wheel.  I'm not picky about interface (PS/2, USB, serial, or
> > Bluetooth will work), or balls v. optical.  Does anyone still sell
> > these things?
>
> I see them used on eBay sometimes. You probably want to search
> through the vintage computer listings. I've seen them go cheap,
> though occasionally the bids run over $20. I found one doing a quick
> search:
> 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5169683162 
> The shape is kind of unusual, but maybe that would work.

Oh, btw, you might want to check these newsgroups:

comp.sys.dec
comp.sys.dec.micro
comp.sys.sun.hardware
comp.sys.sun.misc

Also, you can put a want here:

comp.sys.sun.wanted

Found a sun 3-button on eBay for $5.99: 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23160&item=5169534606

- jt