Re: re Northgate keyboards

[Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from jr_fox@xxxxxxxx on Sat, 06 Jan 2001
12:44:17 -0800


>> (those nifty seeing-eye mice).

> Say What ? Never heard of those.

Optical mice. M$ makes a couple of glitzy models called Intellimouse
(an oblique reference, no doubt, to being in bed with Intel). I have
Intellimouse Explorers. They have 5 buttons (only 3 on non-M$ OSes),
including the roller or wheel or whatever they call it. Nicely
configurable, USB (drivers for Virus98 ONLY) and PS/2. The techno
advance here is that they work on any surface (you don't need a pad) &
never get "sticky" like the ball-type can after lengthy use, which
results in wonderfully smooth operation. Try 'em out in a store.

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