[net.periphs] Of mice and measurements

john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (10/28/85)

Browsing throught the technical manual for the Tandy 1000, I came across
the following under the section about the mouse/calendar board:

	Maximum motion allowed before it is detected is 1/80 of an inch
	along either axis. This distance is called a mickey.

Is the "mickey" a normal measurement of mouse granularity or a unit made up
by Tandy? Has anyone else seen it referred to before?

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