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- From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Powerbook, Price Club, pricing
- Message-ID: <4dRs03le46tO00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 23:43:20 GMT
- References: <gH7ZNB7w165w@mantis.co.uk> <NICK.92Jul22123239@vaila.ed.ac.uk> <00Fx03hv44Tp00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <1992Jul25.232339.26024@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- umcho000@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Connie Cho) writes:
-
- } In the August '92 Macworld (U.S./Canada) Quick Tips, there is a
- }rather in depth advice on what kind of marbles you can buy to
- }replace that light little trackball. You need the smoothest 25 mm
- }marble you can find. I am going to try out this suggestion to
- }find a heavier ball for an Appoint Mouse pen I own.
-
- I heard this too. I spent hours carefully looking at marbles in three
- different stores, and I still couldn't find one that was really perfectly
- smooth. I bought a couple that were close and tried them out. It is
- true that the heavier marble gives a better feel than the normal trackball,
- but even the smallest little dent or rough spot will eventually move over
- one of the tiny little rollers and the effect is most disturbing. I went
- back to the light -- but very smooth -- trackball.
-
- --James Preston
-