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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Some questions
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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:25:42 +0100
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> bah. all mice suck today. i've got a running thread with boyd
> trying to identify a usb three-button (wheels aren't buttons)
> mouse with either optics or high-quality mechanics and a shape
> that isn't plain stupid. it's not been particularly fruitful.

no.  piers was lamenting the same folly, when caught up
with him in sydney.  as Valen Halen said:

    you can't get this stuff no more

i have a bunch of 3 button mice (no wheels), but they're
not optical.  i'm sold on optical (now) but the price you
pay is that damn wheel.

it would cost _less_ to make 'em without the wheel, but ...