Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!sdcrdcf!csun!polyslo!mpatnode From: mpatnode@polyslo.UUCP (Mike Patnode) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: help with deciding what mouse to Buy Message-ID: <2104@polyslo.UUCP> Date: 27 Apr 88 20:42:59 GMT References: <40159GTI@PSUVM> <4330061@hpindda.HP.COM> Reply-To: mpatnode@polyslo.UUCP (Mike Patnode) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 61 In article <4330061@hpindda.HP.COM> mintz@hpindda.HP.COM (Ken Mintz) writes: >I'm interested in the same question/answers. Refer to "Pick of the Litter" >in Byte, Jun 87, for an overview and a review of 5 mice. .. moved .. >BTW, the Logitech Mouse is an optomechanical mouse. While the Byte article >touts this as combining the benefits of both flavors (viz., it doesn't >require a special pad), I see it as combining the bad with the good (viz., >the dust-sucking trackball). But I don't have any personal experience with >the critter. > I own a Logitech mouse and through working in a PC lab I am familiar with Microsoft's and PC Systems. The Logitech is by far the best under the following criteria: >In choosing a mouse, I've come up with several criteria: > (1) "inertia"; This can be controled on the fly with Logitech. By holding down the shift key and clicking either the left or right button to increase or decrease the amount of movement. > (2) RS232 v. bus interface (v. HPHIL); Comes in both styles. > (3) 2-button v. 3-button; The mouse is fully configurable and can emulate a number of different mouses including Microsorfs. > (4) mechanical v. optical; The mechanical-opticle combination gives the Logitech mouse incredibly accuart control and precision. > (5) resolution (100 v. 200 dpi); Opps, I don't know this one. > (6) "feel". The Logitech mouse rolls very smoothly but it is larger than the other mice which I like since I have big hands. The buttons click very clearly. The most impressive part about the Logitech mouse is the application manager call Click which comes with it. Lets say you run Ventura Publisher, Emacs and Word Perfect. Ventura expects a two button Microsoft Mouse, you have written a Menu driver for emacs, and you use the Word Perfect driver which comes with just about every mouse. Using Microsoft mouse you would have to have a batch file to install the menus for each program. The way Logitech's Click works is it watches DOS for commands specified in a configuration file. So when it sees you run Ventura Publisher it automatically changes to a 2 button mouse and it will adjust the baud rate accordingly (Serial only). When you run Word Perfect it automatically pulls up that menu. You can install any application you like and then configure the mouse to adjust for it evry time you use it. The paint program was nothing to write home about but it does import into Ventura and they also sell the mouse at a discount with a CAD package. Overall I don't think you will find anybody who is unhappy with the Logitech mouse. -- Mike "Dodger" Patnode | (n) ..csustan!polyslo!mpatnode Yitbos Innovations Inc. | (s) ..sdsu!polyslo!mpatnode 244 California Blvd | mpatnode@polyslo.UUCP San Luis Obispo, Ca 92630 | (805) 541-2048 / 543-9818 / 756-2516