kgreen@pro-angmar.UUCP (Kevin Green) (10/02/90)
In-Reply-To: message from gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL Doug, Why not make it useable with a trackball?
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (10/02/90)
In article <8328.apple.net@pro-angmar> kgreen@pro-angmar.UUCP (Kevin Green) writes: > Why not make it useable with a trackball? There are several such possibilities, but remember that we were discussing a commercial product, which could assume keyboard, mouse, or joystick as the input device, but not special gear that few Apple owners would have.
greg@hoss.unl.edu (Hammer) (10/03/90)
... gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes: >... kgreen@pro-angmar.UUCP (Kevin Green) writes: >>Why not make it useable with a trackball? > >There are several such possibilities, but remember that we were discussing >a commercial product, which could assume keyboard, mouse, or joystick as >the input device, but not special gear that few Apple owners would have. Joystick is an option, if you only concern yourself with the outer perimeter of the joystick. Still there is the lack of circular motion along the edge, but the user can accomodate for that by adding a circular barrier for the stick. Also many sticks can disable auto-centering for this. Instructions for the barrier construction could be given with the software. If you use a mouse, you could also then use the turbo-mouse, which is an inverted mouse with a larger ball, often referred to as a trackball, which was its name before. Keyboard controls would be too cumbersome. -- __ _____________ __ \ \_\ \__ __/ /_/ / "The Law: No Jumping" \greg@hoss.unl.edu/ "Why not? <jump> <jump> <blam>" \_\ \_\|_|/_/ /_/ "That's why." --I, Robot
kgreen@pro-angmar.UUCP (Kevin Green) (10/03/90)
In-Reply-To: message from gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL Doug, True, not many own a trackball. However, when I wanted to play games, I had to go out and buy a joystick. For really good games, I would go out and buy a trackball. ( I may anyway just to keep from using this cursed mouse anymore...I hate losing deskspace)