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From: yc58@mrcu (MRC Library)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: mouse
Message-ID: <850@mrcu>
Date: 28 Feb 91 13:15:31 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.160812.20483@cns.umist.ac.uk> <2313@cybaswan.UUCP> <1991Feb21.143445.22959@fwi.uva.nl> <1991Feb22.122440.1394@urz.unibas.ch> <1784@svin02.info.win.tue.nl>
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Sender:Brian Debenham
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On the subject of mice etc., I switched over to a Marconi Trackerball some
months ago and have never regretted it.  Much better all round - you don't 
need to pay Pineapple's ridiculous price for a convertor lead either; the lead
from the mouse can be removed and put on the trackerball in about 5 minutes.
Doing this causes the left and middle buttons to switch functions, i.e. the
big centre tball button is now SELECT and the left one MENU but this could be
fixed by changing the wires round if you really wanted. I find the big button
is more logical as select so I've left it as it is.  I saw details of the
conversion froom BBC tball to Arc tball in an issue of Archive mag. - can't
remember which one but mail me and I'll look it up.  I would never want to go
back to a mouse now.

Brian