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From: MSER001@ECNCDC.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: aerodynamic mice
Message-ID: <8905012334.aa04101@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Date: 2 May 89 02:43:00 GMT
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APPLE HAS KILLED THE MOUSE!

I just got 5 IIGS computers, and 1 ugh..SE.  All of them had this piece of
lightweight plastic with a black ball inside of them that seemed to be created
from a new and improved hollow, black, lightweight, indestructable, chemical
derivative, of the old mouse ball.  The things that were
masquerading as mice.seem to be a new idea in how to control the mouse.

Here is my theory:
If your hand gets tired of moving the mouse, you just set the mouse down, and
blow lightly in the direction of the mouse to move it.  I heard R&D spent years
finding the correct aerodynamic shape so the pressure differential from a light
wind will allow for backwards movement, forward movement, as well as side to
side movement.

Anyone else notice that the "new" mouse will move just by the weight of its
tail?  If the current mice are what is to come from Apple Computer, a new
input device will need to be created quickly!