3 Sep
2000
3 Sep
'00
12:38 a.m.
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Eric Smith wrote:
> > Digging in a huge tangle of wires today I found an odd looking
Honeywell
> > mouse. Instead of a ball, it has two wheels
on the bottom angled so
that
> > one turns on x axis and the other y axis
movements. Otherwise it looks
like
> > an old PC serial mouse, is it?
>
> Dunno, but Doug Englebart's original rodentia were made in this
fashion...
The Honeywell mouse is not the same. It's wheels are nearly parallel to
the bottom surface of the mouse, rather than perpendicular. But they
are tilted slightly, one on each axis. The idea is to keep crud from
being pulled into the mouse. Some other vendors OEM'd these or licensed
the design, for instance some DEC hockeypuck mice work this way.
Ah... I'll have to keep my eyes open for one of these!
-dq