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From: asaph@taurus.BITNET (Zemach Asaph)
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In article <7352@ecsvax.UUCP> eleazar!ari@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (Ari Halberstadt
>
>I use a Mac plus with a standard mouse; you could also consider purchasing
>a track-ball, such as the one made by Kensington (advertised in most
>Macintosh magazines). Or, you could convince your wife to take more
>frequent breaks.
>
>Ari Halberstadt: ari@dartmouth.edu

 I use an amiga mouse, and I'm not sure whats the difference but I've found
that using a mouse accelarator progam very usefull in these situations because
you can rest yuor whole hand on the table and only move the mouse with the
tips of your fingers - the accalarator translates the speed of movement in such
a way that getting from one part of the screen to another takes just as much
mouse movement as to move a few pixels. In fact I can get to anywhere on a
640x256 pixel screen by moving the mouse no more then 2-3 inches (depending
on the speed I move the mouse), with my arm on the table the only thing that
actualy works when I move the mouse are my fingers.

                                        Asaph
asaph@taurus.bitnet                     asaph@math.tau.ac.il