I used to have access to a Sparcstation 2000 with an optical mouse. It
had to have a special metallic mousepad with lines on it. I've been told
today's optical mice don't require a special mousepad...
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Nicole Carlson wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > i know nothing about these things, so i'm looking for advice.
> > is there anyone here who's using one of these?
> > how do you like it in general? suitable for quaking?
>
> I used to have an optical mouse on my sparcstation at work... it worked
> fine, but it was annoying to have to keep the mousepad just so. (I don't
> know if this is still the case, but mine depended on finding the lines in
> the mousepad exactly horizontal and vertical... if the mousepad was
> tilted relative to the mouse, it behaved screwily.)
>
> --nicole twn
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