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In article <4330061@hpindda.HP.COM> mintz@hpindda.HP.COM (Ken Mintz) writes:
>I'm interested in the same question/answers.  Refer to "Pick of the Litter"
>in Byte, Jun 87, for an overview and a review of 5 mice.
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>BTW, the Logitech Mouse is an optomechanical mouse.  While the Byte article
>touts this as combining the benefits of both flavors (viz., it doesn't 
>require a special pad), I see it as combining the bad with the good (viz.,
>the dust-sucking trackball).  But I don't have any personal experience with
>the critter.
>

I own a Logitech mouse and through working in a PC lab I am familiar
with Microsoft's and PC Systems.  The Logitech is by far the best under
the following criteria:

>In choosing a mouse, I've come up with several criteria:
>   (1) "inertia";
This can be controled on the fly with Logitech.  By holding down the
shift key and clicking either the left or right button to increase or
decrease the amount of movement.
>   (2) RS232 v. bus interface (v. HPHIL);
Comes in both styles.
>   (3) 2-button v. 3-button;
The mouse is fully configurable and can emulate a number of different
mouses including Microsorfs.
>   (4) mechanical v. optical;
The mechanical-opticle combination gives the Logitech mouse incredibly
accuart control and precision.
>   (5) resolution (100 v. 200 dpi);
Opps, I don't know this one.
>   (6) "feel".
The Logitech mouse rolls very smoothly but it is larger than the other
mice which I like since I have big hands.  The buttons click very
clearly.

The most impressive part about the Logitech mouse is the application
manager call Click which comes with it.  Lets say you run Ventura
Publisher, Emacs and Word Perfect.  Ventura expects a two button
Microsoft Mouse, you have written a Menu driver for emacs, and you use
the Word Perfect driver which comes with just about every mouse.
Using Microsoft mouse you would have to have a batch file to install 
the menus for each program.
The way Logitech's Click works is it watches DOS for commands
specified in a configuration file.  So when it sees you run Ventura
Publisher it automatically changes to a 2 button mouse and it will
adjust the baud rate accordingly (Serial only).  When you run Word
Perfect it automatically pulls up that menu.  You can install any
application you like and then configure the mouse to adjust for it evry
time you use it.

The paint program was nothing to write home about but it does import
into Ventura and they also sell the mouse at a discount with a CAD
package.

Overall I don't think you will find anybody who is unhappy with the
Logitech mouse.

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