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From: ztsindi@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Bill Gant)
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Subject: Re: Amiga Mice
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Date: 19 Dec 90 00:38:47 GMT
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In article <1990Dec18.215201.13165@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu>, kaufmads@clutx.clarkson.edu (Dana S. Kaufman,TEP House,58520,) writes...
>Can anyone recommend a cheap mechanical mouse for the Amiga?
>Wish I could get one of those $19 PC mice in Computer Shopper.
>Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
Dana,

     If you are willing to spend around $55 dollars or so, I would recommend 
the Jin Mouse (also marketted under the name Golden Image Mouse).  This
charming and durable mechanical rodent (what a thought...RodoTech...) is a high 
resolution mouse and has microswitches under the buttons.  What a revolution in 
design!  I wore out two of those CommieDork pieces of nitrogenous waste because 
the cheap SDI surplus bubble switches wore out.  They made a great sound when 
thrown against the wall though...these cheap replacement mice don't do that.
The Jin Mouse also comes with a nice little mouse mat that is about half the 
size of the smallest mat sold in computer stores (put next to one of those 
behemoth mega-mats, it looks like a grey postage stamp), and funny thing, that 
is all the room you need.  I get to the screen borders long before I get to the 
edge of the mat.  While we are on the subject of useful peripherals, have you 
gotten a keyboard protector?  A little insurance is not a bad thing when you 
consider that the bozos at CommieDork who priced THEIR mice at $80 (!) price
the keyboards at $120.
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