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From: Peter Ceresole on 12 Aug 2010 12:45 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > Ah, we are into one-upmanship. > My first (beige of course) big Kensington trackbal > (two button) had a MacPlus mouse connector. Didn't they all? I had one once, and after six month I gave it away to somebody who, I was told, really loved it. -- Peter
From: J. J. Lodder on 12 Aug 2010 14:51 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Ah, we are into one-upmanship. > > My first (beige of course) big Kensington trackbal > > (two button) had a MacPlus mouse connector. > > Didn't they all? I had one once, and after six month I gave it away to > somebody who, I was told, really loved it. No, the MacPlus one is rare. (DE-9 connector) Almost all beige ones are ADB, with the 4-pole miniDIN (aka S-VHS) connector, Jan
From: Duncan Kennedy on 12 Aug 2010 16:40 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > > Ah, we are into one-upmanship. > > > My first (beige of course) big Kensington trackbal > > > (two button) had a MacPlus mouse connector. > > > > Didn't they all? I had one once, and after six month I gave it away to > > somebody who, I was told, really loved it. > > No, the MacPlus one is rare. (DE-9 connector) > > Almost all beige ones are ADB, > with the 4-pole miniDIN (aka S-VHS) connector, > That's right - the beauty was (is, because I still have both of mine) they have detachable cables with a plug at both ends - although that may be why the solder joint on the socket / board junction failed on both and had to be resoldered. -- duncank
From: Peter Ceresole on 13 Aug 2010 02:29 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > That's right - the beauty was (is, because I still have both of mine) > they have detachable cables with a plug at both ends - although that may > be why the solder joint on the socket / board junction failed on both > and had to be resoldered. No; the nicest thing was that they had inertial scrolling. My Logitech MX500 has it now- nicely implemented in software, a flick of the finger and you scroll through lists and views, but this was the real thing, from the proper engineering, the bearings, and the massive ball. I guess it would have made a great murder weapon. -- Peter
From: Woody on 13 Aug 2010 03:31
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > > > That's right - the beauty was (is, because I still have both of mine) > > they have detachable cables with a plug at both ends - although that may > > be why the solder joint on the socket / board junction failed on both > > and had to be resoldered. > > No; the nicest thing was that they had inertial scrolling. My Logitech > MX500 has it now- nicely implemented in software, a flick of the finger > and you scroll through lists and views, but this was the real thing, > from the proper engineering, the bearings, and the massive ball. I guess > it would have made a great murder weapon. The apple trackpads have inertia in software. The logitech laser mouse has it in hardware, which is nice. -- Woody www.alienrat.com |