Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!gatech!mcnc!xanth!ames!elroy!gryphon!pnet02!hrlaser From: hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com (Harv Laser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Optical mouse ala DaleLuck was Re: Dragon's Lair Message-ID: <10236@gryphon.COM> Date: 3 Jan 89 07:20:12 GMT Sender: root@gryphon.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA. Lines: 48 zlhb0a@apctrc.uucp (Lawrence H. Brown) writes: >Harv, go ahead and tell us about the mouse. > Well, okay you twisted my arm. The Boing Mouse is about 3/8" shorter and lower than yer basic stock Amiga mouse. I have no use for the middle (3rd) button. The buttons are longer and narrower than the regular rodent's and have a shorter throw and a more precise kinda "snappy clicky" feel to them. I have big hands (I can stretch my hand so that the pinky and thumb on my left hand rest respectively on the CTRL key on the left and the " key on the right) and my hand does not rest as nicely on the Boing mouse since it doesn't have an arched top like the stock mouse does. The Boing mouse rides on an extremely smooth plastic-laminated mouse pad of "normal" size which has a ribbed rubber backing and won't slide around on your desk. The pad is included with the mouse of course since the pad's top surface is a mirrored "grid" affair of a sort of baby blue tint. The mouse rides across the pad on two 2" wide felt "feet" and shines a bright red sensing lamp down on the grid to get its coordinates. There are, excecpt for the switches, no moving parts in the mouse. No ball, no rollers, nothing to crud up or require cleaning. Cursor positioning on the screen "feels" very precise. I like it. I leave my Amiga on 24 hours a day, and since the mouse is taking power from the mouse port, it too is on 24 hours a day so we'll see how long it lasts. The mouse's cord terminates in a =male= db9 connector so it comes with a male>female gender bender already screwed onto the connector so it'll fit the Amiga's mouse port socket. As I said earlier, it came in a "plain white box" with absolutely no documentation, warranty, or registration card inside whatsoever. On my last visit to the dealer, I opened a couple more and found the same paperwork inside them: none. The bottom of the mouse indicates it was mfd by "MSC Technologies Inc. (Mouse Systems)" of Fremont CA. It's model M4 and has an FCC ID certification statement. A sticker on the outer box says "some contents made or assembled in Singapore, Mexico, Taiwan or HOng Kong as marked." I bought it at Creative Computers, Lawndale, CA. They run ads in AmigaWorld and such. Harv Laser, Sysop, The People/Link AmigaZone. Plink: CBM*HARV UUCP: {ames!elroy, }!gryphon!pnet02!hrlaser INET: hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com <---open Push down while turning close tightly--->