Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 08:19:12 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Honeywell 3 button mouse Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.960227075336.24930A-100000@vv.psiint.com> In-Reply-To: <199602262204.PAA02735@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > 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)
> >
> Everything you never wanted to know about DEC mice:
[plus even more from Mike Smith]
It seems like DEC and Honeywell used similar ideas in their mice.
However, there is one little detail I couldn't figure out from your
descriptions. In a Decstation mouse, which part actually passes through
the belly of the mouse? Is the whole wheel external, with just the shaft
entering the mouse, or is the wheel internal, with one edge sticking out
through a slot in the mouse?
In the Honeywell mouse, the entire wheel is outside the mouse body
(fitting into an indentation in the belly) with just the shaft entering
the mouse.
Oh, and the mouse isn't round, so you know which way it's pointing. :)
> Using two of their massive plastic coated T connectors and four
> of their massive plastic coated terminators and one ordinary T
> connector, along with one hocky puck mouse, it's easy to create
> a fairly realistic model of the starship Enterprise:
Sometimes you worry me...
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> Terry's DEC Enterprise model (ask about our other kits)
> ===========================================================================
Ok... What other kits do you have? :)
> I'm suprised that no one else realised this -- after all, the VAX/VMS
> system clock starts at Stardate 1. 8-).
What exactly is Stardate 1?
Dave
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