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Date:      Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:02:11 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk>
To:        dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>
Cc:        Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, "Stephen C. Fuqua" <sfuqua@nas.nasa.gov>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, sfuqua@nothing.nas.nasa.gov
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD cures RSI
Message-ID:  <19990805010211.B1109@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <19990804170107.C5793@stumpy.dannyland.org>; from dannyman on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 05:01:07PM -0700
References:  <199908021642.JAA23730@nothing.nas.nasa.gov> <199908022257.PAA12288@usr08.primenet.com> <19990803094810.A267@marder-1> <19990803122316.07266@ns.int.ftf.net> <19990804170107.C5793@stumpy.dannyland.org>

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On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 05:01:07PM -0700, dannyman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 12:23:16PM +0200, Phil Regnauld wrote:
> > Mark Ovens writes:
> [...]
> > > > FWIW, we used to call this "Sun Mouse Syndrome" back before we had
> > > > thousands of people giving it mass-media names like "RSI".
> > > 
> > > Why specifically Sun?
> > 
> > 	Because Sun shipped optical mice with their workstations very early
> > 	on, way before the others did ?
> 
> and those optical mice sucked really bad.  you had to move them the right way
> on the little silver grid,

I like them, still use one at work although the newer ones aren't
as sensitive to direction on the optical mat (which is just as well
coz I use mine left-handed with right-handed buttons so tend to
use it at ~30degrees to the edge of the mat)

> and in the sticky lab environment i used them at,
> this meant pretty much holding the mouse from above and guiding it along on
> each edge with my fingers, carefully clicking where needed ... AUGH!
> 
> thanks for bringing back some nasty memories! :p
> 
> -d
> 
> -- 
> dannyman - http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/
> 

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_______________________________________________________________
Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK
CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry
mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk              http://www.radan.com



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