Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 15:55:56 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mousen Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812091553270.329-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9812091527160.25408-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, spork wrote: > What would really be nice is if someone made a keyboard with the built in > "stick" that comes with the Thinkpads. It's really nice to not have to > move your hands off the keyboard to position the mouse... Anyone ever > seen one under $100? I know more now. Logitech makes one, found it in a catalog, unbelieveably cheap ($49) but it's got a Windows label. I *hate* buying things with that label, because I suspect it means Microsoft has found a way to make it work *only* with windows. > > As for the glidepoints, I haven't used one. Cirque makes some neat ones, > but the best features are lost when you go away from windows. It lets you > make a strip on the right side act as a scrollbar control for the active > window. > > I found all kinds of stuff at cdw and insight by searching under "input > devices" and then narrowing it down to weed out keyboards and joysticks... The Logitech I meantioned is in their latest printed catalog. > > Good luck, > > Charles > > --- > Charles Sprickman > spork@super-g.com > --- > "...there's no idea that's so good you can't > ruin it with a few well-placed idiots." > > On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > 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. > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > 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). > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- 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). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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