Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ubvax!ardent!rap From: rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mice (was Re: Laptop Amiga) Summary: mechanical mouse replacement details Message-ID: <601@ardent.UUCP> Date: 21 Sep 88 23:05:46 GMT References: <4107@louie.udel.EDU> <381@uwslh.UUCP> <381@boing.UUCP> <9291@cup.portal.com> Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 14 In article <9291@cup.portal.com>, DMasterson@cup.portal.com writes: > Did anyone notice the article in the San Jose Mercury News (or hear > about it from elsewhere) about the inventor who developed a replacement > mouse for typists? Apparently it attaches a special device below the space From what I recall about the product, it is a slider on a rolling bar. By rolling it either forward or back, it simulates mouse moves up and down on the desk. By moving the slider on the bar with one's thumb, it takes care of left and right moves. I, for one, as a touch typist (losing my touch perhaps... thank goodness the backspace key is in the same place on most of the keyboards I use) would love such a beast. Never have to lose the home-keys advantage then. Rob Peck