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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:13:34 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Honeywell 3 button mouse
Message-ID:  <Pine.A32.3.91.960226080709.50232A-100000@vv.psiint.com>
In-Reply-To: <199602242307.JAA28072@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Michael Smith wrote:

> Dave Walton stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > If you dig through that marketing hype, you get this:  It's a 
> > high-resolution mechanical mouse that doesn't use a ball.  That means 
> > that it doesn't need a special pad like an optical mouse, but it never 
> > ever ever needs cleaning like a ball mouse.  Quite simply, it's the best 
> > mouse mechanism I've ever run across.
> 
> This sounds like the round Decstation Mice (or cheeses as we called them).
> Unfortunately, whilst they work fine (we also called them 4WD mice) on
> really rough surfaces, they're round, so you have no idea which way 
> they're pointing when you grab them 8)

Round?  What a silly shape to make a mouse.  I suppose you could find 
"up" by checking the tail...
Why did you call them 4WD mice?  What was their mechanism like?

Dave


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