kim@amdahl.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn) (12/02/86)
In article <250@esunix.UUCP>, blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes: > Converting the Wico track ball into an Amiga mouse compatible track ball > is a fairly simple procedure. > > [ ... stuff ... ] > > Wico Trackball #72-4545 > Wico Corporation > Consumer Division > 6400 W. Gross Point Road > Niles, Illinois 60648 > 800-323-4014 Thanks for all the info, Blaine ... here's some more info (and a plea)! I called the 800 number above last week, and got a "disconnect/not in service" intercept. Trying 800 information did get me the new/current 800 number for Wico though (sorry, I don't have it with me). Anyway, after talking to a couple of very pleasant receptionists, I ended up talking to a fellow named Eugene. He gave me the bad news ... alas, Wico has discontinued making the Trackball mentioned above (nor do they have any other model of Trackball). He did say that this product was originally for Commodore's and Atari's, which is why I'm cross- posting this to those news.groups. He suggested that I look on the shelves of various people who had at one time distributed the product ... he mentioned "Best", "Federated Somethingorother", and "Toys'R'Us". I've tried several "Best" and "Toys'R'Us" stores here in the Bay Area, but without success, so (here comes the plea), does anybody out there in net.land have one of these Trackballs that they'd be willing to part with. Or, does anybody know who might have one of these still in stock? If so, please email me, or followup to comp.sys.amiga. Thanks for any help! /kim -- UUCP: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,ihnp4,seismo,oliveb}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CIS: 76535,25 [ Any thoughts or opinions which may or may not have been expressed ] [ herein are my own. They are not necessarily those of my employer. ]