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From: jwn712@uunet!unhd (Jason W Nyberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What is gravis mousestick?
Message-ID: <1990Apr11.023630.8827@uunet!unhd>
Date: 11 Apr 90 02:36:30 GMT
References: <7090@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <1245@sdrc.UUCP>
Reply-To: jwn712@unhd.unh.edu.UUCP (Jason W Nyberg)
Organization: Computing Information Services, University of New Hampshire
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In article <1245@sdrc.UUCP> evtracy@sdrc.UUCP (Tracy Schuhwerk) writes:
>In article <7090@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, mfische@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael D Fischer) writes:
>> 
>> I keep seeing ad's in Amiga World and Amazing for the gravis mousestick.
>> Could someone please explain what it is?
>
>  The Gravis Mousestick is a pretty high tech (read "EXPENSIVE") joystick.

Is it possible to configure the "mouse-stick" to be compatible with the pinouts
of a mouse?  Or more to the point, is it an analog joystick?  If so,  can it
be programmed to act as a kind of absoloute coordinate type of pointing 
device (ie.  you put the stick where you want the pointer)  I think that 
would me much easier to use than a trackball, for use on a laptop.
(a smaller built in version of course)

	-jason nyberg