Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!convex!eugene!swarren From: swarren@eugene.uucp (Steve Warren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mouse vs Trackball! Message-ID: <2161@convex.UUCP> Date: 17 Oct 89 21:47:36 GMT References: <584@tau.sm.luth.se> Sender: usenet@convex.UUCP Reply-To: swarren@eugene.UUCP (Steve Warren) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 28 In article <584@tau.sm.luth.se> Kjell-Ove Mickelsson writes: >I've found an old 'Wico trackball' (joystick compatible) and i am thinking >of rebuilding it to be compatible with the amiga-mouse. [...] > I also wonder if there exist any trackballs that are ready to buy and >compatible with the amiga-mouse already, and in that case where to get one. WICO makes a "mouse-compatible" track ball for the Amiga. It's about $60, and it works great if you don't mind an ugly hole where the old button used to be (WICO modified a track-ball designed for some other machine to get the Amiga version), bad button response (one button is *way* too firm, the other one you just can't tell if you've pressed it or not), and a generally hideous red & black plastic box that is about twice as big as it needs to be. But sure enough, whenever you roll the ball, that pointer moves real nice-like ;^). There is also an article in Amazing Computing that explains how to convert an Atari track ball into an Amiga track ball. That might be a better approach. >If it do exists then please let me know the price of it, >and where to get it from. I bought my WICO from Amazing Computers in Dallas, TX. --Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM