unhd (Jason W Nyberg) (04/11/90)
In article <1245@sdrc.UUCP> evtracy@sdrc.UUCP (Tracy Schuhwerk) writes: >In article <7090@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, mfische@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael D Fischer) writes: >> >> I keep seeing ad's in Amiga World and Amazing for the gravis mousestick. >> Could someone please explain what it is? > > The Gravis Mousestick is a pretty high tech (read "EXPENSIVE") joystick. Is it possible to configure the "mouse-stick" to be compatible with the pinouts of a mouse? Or more to the point, is it an analog joystick? If so, can it be programmed to act as a kind of absoloute coordinate type of pointing device (ie. you put the stick where you want the pointer) I think that would me much easier to use than a trackball, for use on a laptop. (a smaller built in version of course) -jason nyberg
riley@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley) (04/12/90)
In article <1990Apr11.023630.8827@uunet!unhd> jwn712@unhd.unh.edu.UUCP (Jason W Nyberg) writes: >In article <1245@sdrc.UUCP> evtracy@sdrc.UUCP (Tracy Schuhwerk) writes: >> The Gravis Mousestick is a pretty high tech (read "EXPENSIVE") joystick. >Is it possible to configure the "mouse-stick" to be compatible with the pinouts >of a mouse? Or more to the point, is it an analog joystick? If so, can it >be programmed to act as a kind of absoloute coordinate type of pointing >device (ie. you put the stick where you want the pointer) In a word, yes. The MouseStick can be programmed as an absolute coordinate mouse-compatible pointing device (with user-settable screen size), or a relative coordinate mouse, or a joystick. You can mix and match settings on different axes, it can be set so that it acts as an absolute positioning device within some set range and a relative positioning device outside that range, and it has three use-definable buttons (left or right mouse button and fire button, all with adjustable auto-fire if you want). Construction is ok, but could be a lot sturdier. It has an LCD screen for programming, and is fairly easy to program and quite flexible. I got mine for $78 from Safe Harbor, so it it isn't outrageously expensive. -Dan Riley (riley@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu, cornell!batcomputer!riley) -Wilson Lab, Cornell University