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Re: CH products trackball

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From: Gary Miller
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 17:12
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In article <Bwxz5K.GL@monitor.com> shawn@monitor.com writes:
> Compared to a nice Mac mouse, this thing pales.  Its quality is  
> not stellar.  It definitely works, but it has quirks.  The rollers  
> are not amazing.  Sometimes it jerks a bit, and once in a while it  
> doesn't grab a roller right and won't go up/down (I've had this  
> experience with TWO of these things now - seems indicative - yup,  
> they were diff. mfg. runs too).  You can't open up the case, which  
> seems insanely stupid --- rollers get dirty and need to be  
> cleaned.
> 
Actually, you _can_ open the case.  You need to pry off the four rubber  
feet on the bottom, which conceal the four screws that hold the thing  
together.

It's true that the rollers tend to get gunked up pretty easily, and need  
to be cleaned fairly often.  When the rollers are clean, though, it seems  
to work fine.  I especially like the two extra "click-lock" buttons that  
allow you to scroll or drag without your finger having to continually  
press down on a button (a benefit that has actually prompted me to start  
using the Preferences menu-button feature).
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Gary Miller
NeXT Publications
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Subject: Re: CH products trackball
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Date: 2 Nov 92 17:12:46 GMT
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