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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Optical mouse ala DaleLuck [COMMERCIAL!!!]
Keywords: optical
Message-ID: <14450@oberon.USC.EDU>
Date: 5 Jan 89 02:37:34 GMT
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In article <4025@omepd.UUCP> griff@intelob.UUCP (Richard Griffith) writes:
|In article <14439@oberon.USC.EDU| papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
||This mouse is MUCH better than the built-in Amiga mouse, since it is optical 
||instead of mechanical.  Only drawback is that it must be used with its own 
||gridded pad.  The reason Dale's mouse doesn't come with documentation is that
||IT DOESN't NEED ANY. Just plug it in in place of your 'old Amiga mouse and go.
|
| About Time! I've been waiting for news of an optical mouse... my roomate
|and I aren't the worlds best house-keepers :-) and I was getting bored
|cleaning my mouse every so often... how much? - if my favorite distributor
|can't get it, how can I get it? etc.

This is from a flyer I picked up at Amiexpo-LA from Dale Luck:

Boing Mouse
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Professional Optical 3 button mouse for the Amiga

* no moving parts for increased reliability
* hi sensitivity for reduced fatigue
* industry standard 3-button interface
* sturdy mirror pad with nonslip cushion
* 100% compatible replacement with Amiga mechanical mouse
* middle button compatible with A2024 software [for A2024 and Viking monitors]
* compatible with X Window System (TM) version 11 for the Amiga from GfxBase
* freedom style 4 foot cable
* suggested list price $125.00

Boing can be reached at:

Boing
1881 Ellwell Dr.
Milpitas, CA 
408-262-1469

Enjoy.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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