Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!inesc!unl!unl!spa From: spa@fct.unl.pt (Salvador Pinto Abreu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari 540ST Questions Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 10:25:51 GMT References: <91144.152942U43610@uicvm.uic.edu> <937m33w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> Sender: news@fct.unl.pt (USENET News System) Organization: Universidade Nova de Lisboa -- Lisbon, Portugal Lines: 40 In-Reply-To: mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca's message of 28 May 91 05:43:31 GMT on 28 May 91 05:43:31 GMT, mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget) said: [stuff deleted] >> 3) How good is the mouse system on the unit? > The mouse isn't bad at all. It has two buttons, and looks fairly good. > It is a nice mouse, but there are third party mice available if you don't > like it. The Atari mouse is FAR BETTER than the Mac mouse, which I have > to use at school. It has a better response and moves faster. I wonder which Atari mouse you're talking about. All Atari mice I've used are the most dreadful rodents I've ever come across, second to none, not even the "original" VAXstation-100 mouse (ever seen one of these?) feels as bad. Finding a replacement mouse seems to me one of the first priorities of an Atari owner. I recently ordered a Naksha mouse, and await it eagerly. I'm saying this based on the general slowness of the mouse (a mouse accelerator is a possible way around this particular problem), the unbelievable way it resists being effectively cleaned (the metal rollers inside seem to get corroded or something, and will tend to stick, for instance my mouse has this tendency to not go left), and the number of times you have to press the buttons (and the strength you have to apply too) before it considers your gesture as a click. [stuff deleted] > << ---------------------------------- >> > << ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca >> > << mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca >> > << Michel Forget >> > << ---------------------------------- >> -- -- Salvador Pinto Abreu spa@fct.unl.pt Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PORTUGAL