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- From: slmdj@cc.usu.edu
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: MouseSystems Mice
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.105138.62525@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 16:51:38 GMT
- References: <1993Jan6.044206.3288@bpdsun1.uucp> <1ier74INNfjr@sdl.Warren.MENTORG.COM> <1993Jan6.190920.5534@mcs.anl.gov> <1993Jan07.145120.22489@uhura.neoucom.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan07.145120.22489@uhura.neoucom.edu>, wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew) writes:
- > On converting Mouse Systems mice: it depends...
- >
- > The orginal Mouse Systems mice for the PC did have three buttons
- > and used only a 200 cpi pad. There were two versions of the three
- > button mice. "Very old" (~1987) units required a small battery
- > eliminator transformer. The slightly newer 3B mice were self
- > powered. (Incidentally, I suspect this might have had something to
- > do with devices that are self-powered from the serial port; there
- > is a patent out on the technique -- I forget who holds it at the
- > moment.) The three button mice send a five byte protocol that is
- > the same as Summagraphics devices (and I think Logitech).
-
-
- ~1 year ago, I bought a _3-button_ Mouse Systems mouse for my PC... It also
- came with an ?aluminum? mouse board. The date of manufacture, I think, was
- sometime in 1991. Just a couple of questions on the general subject-- what is
- the third (middle) button good for? I have read the docs, but can't seem to
- find anything pertinent.
-
- >
- > The newer Mouse Systems two button mice are self powered and use a
- > three byte protocol that is the same as Microsoft mice. The newer
- > mice can sense either a 200 or 400 cpi mouse board. There have
- > been several different types of mouse boards: metal and plastic.
- > The best boards were the 400 cpi boards that came with the later
- > Sun-3 models (my opinion). The mouse boards are available in
- > several different sizes. One used to be able to get mouse boards
- > from Mouse Systems directly, but last time I talked to them, they
- > didn't want to sell in less than OEM quantities. I like the Sun
- > verision that is about 15 cm * 15 cm.
- >
- > I haven't had a chance to try out latest Mouse Systems PC mouse.
- > It looks like it comes with a very high resolution board made of
- > aluminum.
- >
- > The only bad thing about MS mice is that I've had several old ones
- > that blew a CCD line sensor. I'd have thought the LEDs would go
- > out, but I haven't had that happen yet.
- >
- >
- > --
- > Bill Mayhew NEOUCOM Computer Services Department
- > Rootstown, OH 44272-9995 USA phone: 216-325-2511
- > wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (140.220.1.1) 146.580: N8WED
-
- BTW-- I previously had a mechanical mouse that didn't work worth s**t. To
- anyone out there cursing your current mouse, you might want to look into one of
- Mouse System's optical mice... Pure heaven after my previous mech. one!!!
-
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