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From: punia@uvm-gen.UUCP (Card 54...)
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Subject: Re: mouse on 6300: 2 or 3 button?
Message-ID: <675@uvm-gen.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jan 88 21:04:51 GMT
References: <3002@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Organization: EMBA Computer Facility, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington.
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in article <3002@sphinx.uchicago.edu>, mobo@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Samuel Wilson) says:
> It's time to spend that christmas money on a mouse for my
> 6300.  It seems that there are two kinds, 2 and 3 button.
> Will both work on the 6300 (1.21 ROMs)?  Which is preferable?
> Does anyone recommend using another vendor's mouse (logitec,
> Microsoft)?

	Logitech makes the mouse for the 6300, among others.  I used their 
serial port C7 mouse (3 button) for about a year and a half with good results
and I've been using their bus version since it came out.  The only advantage
I see to buying the 2 button version from AT&T is that it'll plug right into
the keyboard.  The 3 button device gives you one more input possibility,
and Logitech's driver and supporting software is powerful and fairly easy to
use.  And for compatibity, it'll emulate the 2 button Microsoft mouse.  I've
used the included software (their "plus package") to create moving bar menu
systems for all kinds of software (even vi!), and Logitech's support BBS has
files to download for adding menus to a number of popular applications.  

Mechanically, it appears to be identical (but for one more button) to the 
AT&T unit.  I've cleaned the trackball once, and it rolls smoothly
on just about any reasonable surface.  It's also cheaper than much of the 
competition.

Oh, and there's no problem using the 1.21 ROM's.


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