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From: tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: typing
Message-ID: <870245@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Sep 88 23:59:05 GMT
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Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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>What I
>would really like to see is some way to move a mouse cursor without
>having to move your hands from the keyboard.  I suppose a track ball
>requires moving your hands less distance from the keyboard than a
>mouse, but I think we can do better.  Someday I'll design a keyboard
>arrangment with a track ball operated by the thumbs in such a way

In the San Jose Mercury (about 2 months ago) there was a story
about a local inventor who did just this.
He added a thin rod below the space bar.  Supposedly you use it with
your thumbs, and can use it to move a cursor around, just like a mouse.

-Ted