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Re: CH products trackball

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From: Dan Berry
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 10:37
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Daniel Jeffery Dobson (djdobson@phoenix.Princeton.EDU) wrote:
: 'm working on an extremely crowded desk on my Turbo Mono and I'd really
: rather have something else besides this clunky mouse, even if NeXT did
: send me an attractive mousepad.  Has anyone used this CH products
: trackball besides NeXTWORLD?  I read the review and it wasn't entirely
: complementary.  Has anyone had any other experiences with it?
: 
: Also, where can you get the best price for it?
: 
: And no, I don't really want to upgrade to ADB; besides, the upgrade path
: isn't available.  (Dow, NeXT!)

People have posted messages in the past about how to rewire the LogiTech Bus
Trackman to work with the non-ADB (read "STANDARD", damnit! :-) keyboard.  I
have a tiff file kicking around that shows how to go about it, if you're
interested.  Everything I've heard about the Trackman has been positive, as
near as I can tell.  I look forward to getting one once my mouse bites it, or
sooner if my desk gets any messier... :-)

-- 
Dan Berry			bugs%atlantis@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca
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Subject: Re: CH products trackball 
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