Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Tague%pco@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA
From: Tague%pco@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.works
Subject: Track Ball a la Centipede instead of a mouse.
Message-ID: <15312@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Jan-84 23:38:00 EST
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.15312
Posted: Mon Jan  9 23:38:00 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Jan-84 04:02:18 EST
Lines: 11

This is a suggestion posed by David Moore (Darth Mole).  I don't know if
it is an original idea, but it sounded very good to me.

Instead of using a mouse to control cursor movement which requires
scarce desk space and takes one's hand far away from the keyboard, why
not build a track ball into the keyboard just below the space bar or
just off to one side?  One could move it with one's thumb or finger tips
while the thumb of the other hand presses a button or other control
device.  A touch typist would hardly have to move his hands from the
normal position.  With a little engineering it could be made into a very
effective positioning device.