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- From: bugs@atlantis.uucp (Dan Berry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
- Subject: Re: CH products trackball (Modding a Trackman)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.012148.12217@atlantis.uucp>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 01:21:48 GMT
- References: <5718@rosie.NeXT.COM>
- Organization: Atlantis Communications, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Jeff Hirschman (jhrschmn@jerusalem.next.com) wrote:
- : Please note that the tiff file I have seen "kicking around" only
- : applies to the *GRAY* ball LogiTech Bus Trackman, which I haven't been
- : able to find in stores for a few months. LogiTech's new Trackman products
- : have *BLUE* balls, which, according to their customer service line, has an
- : entirely different interface. The old, gray ball Trackman (I have one on
- : my desk) came with a plug in card for your PC compatible (which you didn't
- : use with your NeXT) -- the new one doesn't, which implies to me a
- : significant architectural change. I would be very surprised if the old
- : modifications worked with the new products.
-
- You'd think that they would have had blue balls before the grey ones, but
- obviously some companies don't follow the same states of decay. <grin>
- So then, assuming from the mention that this was a card-based Logitech Bus
- device, I wonder if we could also assume that a properly snooped Microsoft
- (or other similar) Bus mouse would work...?
-
- P.S.: As with NeXT's standard warranty, doing anything in this discussion that
- voids your warrantee is YOUR business. No one is FORCING you to rip open a
- Trackman and make it work. You break, you cry.
- --
- Dan Berry bugs%atlantis@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca
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