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From: Kenneth Jennings <kenneth@daffy.aatech.com>
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Subject: Re: drawing devices
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 95 6:19:37 EST
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Eric Case <eric@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu> wrote about Re: drawing devices
>On Thu, 12 Jan 1995, it was written by Kenneth Jennings:
[snip]
>> We have a MicroSpeed trackball. It does drag-lock
>> which is useful when you need to keep a mouse button
>> pressed. I need three buttons for X Windows, so
>> we only use the trackball on the Toaster 2000.
>>
>> I've got a Boing! optical mouse which I like a lot.
>> And it has the three *real* mouse buttons required
>> for X Windows.
>>
>How does the Boing! mouse feel in the hand? The other thing I
>like about the A2000 mouse is it is bigger that most mice, the
>A4000/A600 mouse is so small I think I will break it if I
>click the buttons. :)
>Eric Case INTERNET: eric@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu
It's rather square-ish and flatter then most mice.
I like the button feedback, they're easy to press and
you get a nice click out of it. (The buttons are
rated for something like a gazillion clicks, so I'm
only about halfway there :-) ) I like the feel and
it looks like the Sun optical mouse/pad, so people
just assume I'm using a Sun.
The Trackball is better for detail work, though I'd
be happier with a more expensive one, since the
MicroSpeed feels flimsy and sometimes has a "gritty"
roll to it (no, not from dirt). Detail work with
the Boing! mouse means holding the mouse carefully
and twisting it in place (well, it's what I do).
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| Kenneth Jennings, Amiga Advocate || ====== Equine Video Studios ====== |
| "Happy I'm not a PC/Mac lemming." || ====== & SyntheToonz, Inc. ====== |
| kenneth@daffy.aatech.com || >>>>>>>> Lynn, Video Maven <<<<<<<< |
| Applied Automation Techniques, Inc. || > Ken, Computer Animation Artiste < |
| Obviously not the opinions of AAT. || >>>>>>> Bruno The Wonder Dog <<<<<< |
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