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From: F27FRAJP@CARLETON.BITNET (GEORGE FRAJKOR)
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Subject: trackballs
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Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 15:44:00 EDT
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 A couple of people have asked about wiring a  trackball to be
a mouse for the ST and some have said it's hopeless. Not so.
Zebra systems adverrtises such a trackball in Computer shopper--
it is a standard WICO trackball rewired to work like a mouse
and it has two buttons corresponding to left and right mouse
buttons. I have one and it works fine. Dragging is  (pardon me)
a real drag since you have to hold down one button while
spinning a ball, but all other operations are faster and
more covenient, and it takes less desk space.  It costs
about $30 US, so at that price it is hardly worth buyin
a Wico and hand-wiring yourself.  (as usual, I am no
relative or stockholder of the Zebra people. Just a satisfied
user).