Odd Honeywell Mouse

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Sun Sep 3 07:38:28 2000

>On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Eric Smith wrote:
> > > Digging in a huge tangle of wires today I found an odd looking
Honeywell
> > > mouse. Instead of a ball, it has two wheels on the bottom angled so
that
> > > one turns on x axis and the other y axis movements. Otherwise it looks
like
> > > an old PC serial mouse, is it?
> >
> > Dunno, but Doug Englebart's original rodentia were made in this
fashion...
>
> The Honeywell mouse is not the same. It's wheels are nearly parallel to
> the bottom surface of the mouse, rather than perpendicular. But they
> are tilted slightly, one on each axis. The idea is to keep crud from
> being pulled into the mouse. Some other vendors OEM'd these or licensed
> the design, for instance some DEC hockeypuck mice work this way.

Ah... I'll have to keep my eyes open for one of these!

-dq
Received on Sun Sep 03 2000 - 07:38:28 BST