1 Dec
2001
1 Dec
'01
11:41 a.m.
Chris (mythtech(a)mac.com) spake:
>The mouse looks to be a slightly
>modified version of the "PC Mouse". The neat thing is that it is an
>optical mouse. [:-)]
I had an optical mouse way back when with my Mac
Plus... I bought it
as >a replacement for a broken mouse. I think it was made by
A+
At the time, I hated it, you needed a special mouse pad
for it to work,
and it wasn't as accurate as the Mac Plus mouse, which made it even
harder to draw.
Just one of those things that I found interesting now
that optical mice
are all the rage.
Actually, I don't like the old style optical mice at all. I like
this one because I think the older optical mice are hard to find.
And on top of it, this was manufactured for use on the Jr - it wasn't
just a run-of-the-mill PC mouse, it had two funny connectors specific
to the Jr. (One for serial, and one to take power off the lightpen
port.) All of that makes it special.
My original machine had an MS bus mouse with a roller. Quite a
different animal to use.
The new optical mice are only vaguely related to the old ones.
They don't need the pad or anything. I haven't used one, so I
don't know if they are any more usable.
7 Dec
7 Dec
2:56 p.m.
I've been using a Logitech Wheel Mouse (optical) for more than a year now
on my OS/2-based pc.
My Sparc has an old-style optical mouse (requires special HARD TO FIND
pad).
The new optical mice rock hard core man. I can't believe it, but now
there is a mouse that will track on your ASS. I play CounterStrike quite
a bit and wouldn't trade my optical Logitech for anything less than the
cost of a new one.
This optical mouse is so accurate it immediatly improved my scores in the
game. It tracks on any surface at all (I haven't tried a mirror).
BTW, I don't bother with a pad anymore. Too confining.
In <3C0986B1.4090905(a)magnaspeed.net>et>, on 12/01/01
at 07:41 PM, "Michael B. Brutman" <mbbrutman(a)magnaspeed.net> said:
Chris (mythtech(a)mac.com) spake:
>>The mouse looks to be a slightly
>>modified version of the "PC Mouse". The neat thing is that it is an
>>optical mouse. [:-)]
I had an
optical mouse way back when with my Mac Plus... I bought it
as >a replacement
for a broken mouse. I think it was made by A+ >At the time, I hated it, you needed a special
mouse pad for it to work,
>and it wasn't as accurate as the Mac Plus mouse, which made it even
>harder to draw.
>Just one of those things that I found interesting
now that optical mice
>are all the rage.
Actually, I don't like the old style optical mice
at all. I like this
one because I think the older optical mice are hard to find. And on top
of it, this was manufactured for use on the Jr - it wasn't just a
run-of-the-mill PC mouse, it had two funny connectors specific to the Jr.
(One for serial, and one to take power off the lightpen port.) All of
that makes it special.
My original machine had an MS bus mouse with a roller.
Quite a different
animal to use.
The new optical mice are only vaguely related to the
old ones. They don't
need the pad or anything. I haven't used one, so I don't know if they
are any more usable.
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