11 Oct
2011
11 Oct
'11
3:09 p.m.
On Tue, 11 Oct 2011, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 10/11/2011 05:24 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
Hey, you know, I've never checked! It's certainly possible. It was the
birthplace of Alcoa Aluminum (and the US aluminum industry), for one thing.
I scored a new one a couple of months ago - they've added a "scroll
ring"
to the standard trackball (the one with the 2" ball). Unfortunately,
they've gone to optical tracking so you can't just drop a Que ball into
one any longer.
g.
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Is that where those awesome trackballs are born? :)