boylan@dicomed.UUCP (05/27/84)
I am looking for a mouse that I can connect to an rs-232 port
on a 4.2bsd vax. I would prefer an optical mouse (I think) as
I did not like the mouse on the MAC.
I have zero references to mouse people although I have heard
there is a place called something like the Mouse House somewhere
on the west coast.
I want to connect this thing to our unix system to prototype the design
for some graphics software for a yet-to-be-approved project and am
thus somewhat bound by the $500 limit. I would like to find
something that has fairly high resolution, say usable with a
1Kx1K display.
I would also appreciate any references to literature that
specifically deal with the use of mice in (obviously) interactive
systems.
Please send me mail and I put something back on the net.
Your help greatly appreciated ...,
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Chris Boylan
{mgnetp | ihnp4 | uwvax}!dicomed!boylandavew@shark.UUCP (05/30/84)
This is a list of the Mice that are currently available,
as far as I know. Any additional information will be
appreciated:
o "Summa Mouse"
Optical Mouse, quadrature or serial output
Summagraphic Corp.
35 Brentwood Ave.
Fairfield, CT 06430
(203) 384-1344
o "M-1 or M-2"
Optical Mouse, serial output
Mouse Systems Corp.
655 S. Fairoaks Ave. D313
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(408) 730-2132
o "OptoMouse"
Optical Mouse, serial output
USI International
71 Park Lane
Brisbane, CA 94005
(415) 468-4900
o "Micromouse"
Mechanical Mouse, quadrature output
3G Company, Inc.
Rt 3, Box 28a
Gaston, OR 97119
(503) 662-4492
o "Xerox Mouse"
Optical Mouse, quadrature or serial output
Xerox Corp.
701 So. Aviation Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245
(213) 536-7581
o "Hi-Fi Mouse"
Strain guage or Hall effect, serial output
Display Interface Corp.
525 Post Rd.
Milford, CT 06460
(203) 877-7661
o "Hawley Mouse"
Mechanical Mouse, quadrature output
The Mouse House
1741 8th St.
Berkeley, CA 94710
(415) 525-5533
o "LogiMouse, SwissMouse, SwissMouse II"
Electro-mechanical Mice, quadrature or serial output
Logitech
805 Veteran's Blvd.
Redwood City, CA 94063
(415) 365-9852
o "Wico Mouse"
Wico
Mechanical Mouse, quadrature, set up for Atari Computer.
6400 W. Gross Point Rd.
Niles, IL 60648
(800) 323-4258
There may be others and several of the above may have changed
their designs or no longer offer mice. Microsoft also has a
mouse, but I do not have any information on it. Hope this
information is of some help to mouse hunters out there.
Dave Williams
Tektronix, Inc.
Engineering Computing Systems