There was an article on scratch-building models in a recent Model Railroad
Craftsman magazine that said that, no matter how big your work bench, sooner
or later, you'll end up with about two square feet of usable, clear
workspace.
BTW, I use an arcade model track ball that was a prototype for a museum
exhibit installation 10 years ago (and thus on topic). I've only needed to
oil the bearings once, about 6 months ago. Never had to clean it. Try that
with a mouse!
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: chris [mailto:cb_at_mythtech.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:39 PM
To: Classic Computer
Subject: RE: Computers with ports coming out the front?
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>PS: People who use mice have clean desks, and Y'll know what *that* is a
>sign of. Gimme a nice trackball, any day....
I use a mouse (two of them, one for my Mac, one for my PC), also have two
keyboards... but I hardly have a clean desk... I have just barely enough
room to move the mice on a pad (at current, I have my soda cup sitting on
the corner of the pad as it was the only clear spot on my desk).
I just turn the mouse tracking speed WAY up, so that I can cover the
screen with just a slight flick of the wrist.
-chris
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