[net.micro] Question on the mouse, comments about keyboards...

YEKTA%mit-mc@sri-unix.UUCP (06/25/83)

From:  Yekta Gursel <YEKTA@mit-mc>

Can someone tell me why the mouse is so much preferable to the trackball??
I like trackball much better.  It stays put, one does not have to look for
a clean place to roll it on, etc...  Unfortunately, trackballs available for
micro-computers tend to be too small.  I like the ones some air traffic
controllers have:  They are big enough to put one's whole palm on them.
They are also nice and massive, so one gets some feedback when one tries to 
turn them.  This helps in positioning things more accurately.


Now, the keyboard:

I think the keyboard on VICTOR-9000 is one of the best available ( if not The 
best ).   The entire keyboard is programmable, not to mention the fact that allthe keys are in right places.  It has neat things land brightness of the screen by simply pressing keys...