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From: ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mouse vs Trackball!
Message-ID: <20102@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 89 03:09:21 GMT
References: <584@tau.sm.luth.se> <2161@convex.UUCP>
Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services
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In article <2161@convex.UUCP> swarren@eugene.UUCP (Steve Warren) writes:
>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.

Maybe.  The problem with the Atari track ball is that it is *huge*.
The trackball with its housing takes more room than my mouse, even
including room for the mouse to move around.  ('course, I use dmouse,
so I don't need much room!)  The buttons are way too far apart for easy
one-handed operation, too.

Now, if you just want to play games with it, and save wear and tear on
your mouse in the process, it's a great deal.  I got my Atari trackball
for about $9, and modified it in about an hour.  A real hacker could
probably do it in 15 minutes.  (Now, who makes a good Centipede game? :-)


-- 
Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu