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Date:      Wed, 9 Dec 1998 08:26:02 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        FreeBSD-Hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   mousen
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812090820230.1106-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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I've always disliked real mice, because the paper/notes/flotsam that
encroaches on my pc doesn't want to give up the real estate.  Because of
that, I went to trackballs, but it's always annoyted me that trackballs
seem to pick up dust bits, and then work with a very rough feel to them,
unreliably jamming.

Because of this, when I saw the little square plastic, I think they're
called touchpads, on some Mac portables, I thought they were great.  No
moving parts to get gummed up!  Only problem is, I don't do portables, I
go for towers.  Does anyone know of a touchpad mouse that's sold as an
add-on (prefereably a serial interface) that I can buy, that will let me
smash that darn balky trackball against the wall?

If I have the name for the kind of mouse I'm referring to wrong, I'd
appreciate being corrected, too.

Thanks.

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Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
chuckr@glue.umd.edu         | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1  |
Greenbelt, MD 20770         | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current)
(301) 220-2114              | and jaunt (NetBSD).
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