mto@homxb.UUCP (M.ODONNELL) (07/28/88)
Does anyone have any experience with the various ADB mouse replacements such as the Kensington Turbo Mouse (mechanical) or the Abaton "opto- mechanical" one? I don't want to spend a fortune, so I'm not looking for a $150+ optical unit. Marty O'Donnell ihnp4!homxb!mto
wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter) (07/28/88)
Well, I've had my Abaton trackball for about 2 days now, and I like it. The ball is only resting on the rollers so all you have to do to clean it is pick it up, no phillip screwdrivers required. My mouse scaling whent from Full to #2. On the other hand, at the Smithsonian we bought the Asher engineering one to test, and it was terrible. The ball is too small and it doesn't roll freely. I'll post a message about the Kensington one when we get it. The abaton was $99 from MacConnection 1800-Mac&lisa. Pierce ---------------------------------------------------------------- wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu Race For Space Grand Prize Winner. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Useless Advice #986: Never sit on a Tack.
mcp@drutx.ATT.COM (Mike Paugh) (07/29/88)
In article <1972@homxb.UUCP>, mto@homxb.UUCP (M.ODONNELL) writes: > Does anyone have any experience with the various ADB mouse replacements > such as the Kensington Turbo Mouse (mechanical) or the Abaton "opto- > mechanical" one? > > Marty O'Donnell > ihnp4!homxb!mto I am using an Abaton ProPoint mouse on a MacII and I love it. Whenever I have to use a normal mouse on one of our other systems I realize how much I like the Abaton. My boss (an experienced Mac user) tried it and was not as impressed as I am, so it may take you some time to get used to a trackball mouse. I started using the ProPoint when I started using the Mac. One thing I really like is the fact that it takes a set amount of desk space. My desk is usually so crowded that a normal mouse doesn't have room to wander. But that is a personal problem. Mike Paugh 20 degrees and the hockey game's on AT&T Bell Labs, Denver Nobody cares, they are way too far gone ihnp4!drutx!mcp -- Jimmy Buffett --