Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.edu.au!manuel!ccadfa!prolix!dac From: dac@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: The Amiga Mouse Message-ID: <1868eee7.ARN00614@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au> Date: 23 Dec 90 12:21:27 GMT References: <7239@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <7344@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1867ca57.ARN00574@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au> <52889@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Reply-To: ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!Uprolix!Dac Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Organization: I'm not an Organization - I'm a person! Lines: 24 In article <52889@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, Bill Gant writes: > >I purchased a Boing! Mouse ($A186 ~$US150) over a year ago, and > 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? Partially correct. The left/right up/down alignment of the grid on the mousepad dictates how the mouse will react. I find that I can use it at any old angle, and not have any appreciable difficulty in pointing the pointer at gadgets and stuff. They do NOT chew through batteries, since they are powered by the Amiga itself, and dont HAVE batteries - you're possibly referrinmg to the cordless mouses that are advertised. Boing! mouses have a cable. > | Clayton J. Miner - Reality Engineer | -- _l _ _ // Andrew Clayton. Canberra, Australia. I Post . (_](_l(_ \X/ ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!prolix!dac . . I am. -------- I cannot send or recieve mail to or from sites outside of Australia.