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From: arritt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Logitech TRACKMAN
Message-ID: <22622.260f38c7@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 27 Mar 90 15:56:23 GMT
References: <1960@crash.cts.com>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <1960@crash.cts.com>, elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund) writes:

> Has anyone test driven this trackball?  (Er, I mean, "mouse replacement"!)  I
> felt it up at a computer show this weekend and just wasn't sure.  I mean, I
> was this [small amount] close to buying it, and someone had it for $79, but
> .... I read somewhere it's the "most comfortable trackball around".  Likewise,
> I heard from someone the cursor movement was sluggish.  Perhaps this is
> related to Logitech's way of doing things:  I wasn't particularly impressed
> with the "slow/fast" capability of their mouse.  It takes a long while to get
> used to.

I have one and greatly prefer it to a mouse.  The installation (bus version)
was straightforward and it worked first time with all of my applications.
My only complaint is that the overall "feel" of the construction is rather
cheesy: e.g., the plastic case seems thin and flimsy; the ball is a
bit loose; the unit does not quite sit flat on my desk, etc.  From a 
functional standpoint, though, it is excellent.
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Ray Arritt                        | 
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy    |
Univ. of Kansas                   |
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