Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu!ztsindi From: ztsindi@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Bill Gant) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: The Amiga Mouse Message-ID: <52889@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 23 Dec 90 04:17:34 GMT References: <7239@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <7344@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1867ca57.ARN00574@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au> Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Reply-To: ztsindi@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 30 Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS V1.3-4.4 Posted for Clayton J. Miner...Text to Follow ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Todd G Vaarwerk | Bitnet: ZTSINDI@UBVMS | | State University of | Internet: ZTSINDI@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU | | New York at Buffalo | VAARWERK@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Disclaimer: Believe what you want .. I trashed all my views of| | reality ages ago d8-) | ----------------------------------------------------------------- In article <1867ca57.ARN00574@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au>, dac@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) writes... >Why don't you splash out on an optical mouse? > >I purchased a Boing! Mouse ($A186 ~$US150) over a year ago, and >it has performed wonderfully. Not having to clean it is a major >plus. It's sometimes not _quite_ as accurate as a mechanical >mouse, but the reliability of the switches, and the nice feel to >it, makes this mouse a wonderful replacement for the C= version. > Regarding the optical mouse, I had heard that it had to be moved in something coming very close to right angles to be effective. Is this rue? Also, I keep hearing that they chew up a LOT of batteries. Any comments on this as well? +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Clayton J. Miner - Reality Engineer | +-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | SysOp - Known World BBS | Bitnet: ZTSINDI@UBVMS | | (716)-883-3083 300-2400 | Internet: ZTSINDI@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU | +-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | The views of this post are not those of the host organization. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+