🚀 go-pugleaf

I've had one now for about two weeks.  I actually just got a new  
one because the other was fritzy (look it up).

If you REALLY like trackballs and REALLY don't want to use the  
mouse then go for it, since you don't have any other real options  
(unless you want to rip and solder).

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.

Overall it fills a gap in the product line, but it's really only  
for die-hard trackball must-have fans and it'll probably annoy the  
socks off of content mice users.

It took me about 3 days to get really used to it.  Note that you  
really can't get the fine level of movement detail that a mouse  
gives you - even on the slower settings.  On a positive point, the  
software to configure its velocity sensitivity works very well and  
the velocity stuff is a great feature.

In a dream world, I would like a mouse whose right mouse button I  
could configure as "sticky" and for which I could set velocity  
sensitivity (actually, I haven't tried the mouse with the Max.app,  
maybe it'd work!).

Daniel Jeffery Dobson writes
> >'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!) > >Thanks, >Wolff
> >djdobson@phoenix.princeton.edu >and
> wolff@titanic.princeton.edu 
> 
-- 
Shawn Broderick
Monitor Company / Information Engineering
Director, BCS NeXT
shawn@monitor.com

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
==============================> bugs@atlantis.uucp  =========================
"On a first date, watch how your date treats the waiter, the bartender,
	and so on.  That's how she'll be treating YOU after three months."

Hello!

I would like to connect a Kensington Mac (Plus) trackball to my
(non-ADB) NeXTstation, does anybody have some pointers about the
pinouts of the mouse of NeXT or has anyone made some cicuitry already
for connecting it?  Thanks in advance!

Annard
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