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Re: ALTERNATIVE MICE

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From: Lea Viljanen
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1989 20:48
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In article <890316.08534234.014695@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes:
>
>     Radio Shack has a serial mouse for $49.00 that has a great feel to
>it.  It fits the hand much better than the ST mouse and the buttons aren't
>as stiff.  However, I think before I change from the Atari mouse that I'd
>like to get an optical one but admit not knowing if it would work or not.

It will work. I've briefly seen an optical mouse connected to the ST.
The glimpse was very short and I can't remember what optical mouse was
it, but as far as I could see, the wiring was very simple. If there is
sufficient interest, I could find out more about it.

>Larry Rymal <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>


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Lea 'LadyBug' Viljanen           ____     University of Helsinki, Finland
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Subject: Re: ALTERNATIVE MICE
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