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From: dragon@oliveb.UUCP (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Trek Ball
Message-ID: <2043@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 11:43:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: oliveb.2043
Posted: Tue Jul 14 11:43:34 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 05:46:30 EDT
References: <1384@crash.CTS.COM>
Organization: Dragon Technology, Inc. San Francisco, USA
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in article <1384@crash.CTS.COM>, dm@pnet01.CTS.COM (Dan Melson) says:
> 
> I have a slight problem.
> 
> The wilderness of my desk is no place for a tame, god-fearing mouse.
> 
> I would like to know if there are any commercially available trek balls
> available which will function as the mouse (two discrete buttons, etcetera).
> 

After converting one of the Atari trak balls to work with the ST (and
replacing the cord so I got both buttons :-)  I found that the trak ball
takes as much, if not more, desk space than the mouse would.  Of course,
one could use the trak ball in his/her lap, but then I an using a rigid
mouse pad that the same could be done.

The Wico trak ball is smaller, but almost impossible to find.

I've also picked up a couple of different brand mice, and hooking them up,
the 200dpi take about  1/4 less room to move full screen, and the 400dpi
take 1/2 of that.  The 400dpi mouse could use an SF354 as a mouse pad with
lots of room left.

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Dean Brunette                      {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!dragon
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