question about PC's

[Jeff Jonas jeffj@panix.com]

> rob@plan9.att.com writes:

> > Oh man, do I miss my red Swiss mouse.  I pine.  I simper.

> > Is there a comparable mouse out there?  Very round, buttons
> > on the side rather than the top, high resolution, but with a
> > serial connector?

> I know Digital used to have mice like this, dark grey instead of red
> though.  Try giving them a call and see if they have any more of their
> hockey puck mice left (they look like a hockey puck to us Canadians :-).

I used the DEC hockey puck mouse a little and I found it way too large.
Unless Rob's got large hands, I'm not sure it fits the bill.
Sigh - I tried to get the abandoned/unused equipment from the storage area.
There was some old DEC microVax that I wanted for the huge RGB monitor
and any other parts I could salvage including the aforementioned mouse.
I never got it and it was probably discarded instead of
getting to some use - any use.

On the constructive side, if the DEC mouse is the right size, just
cut a foam ball in half for the desired dome top :-)

The HP mouse I have on my Apollo workstation is a near miss:
a little dome for the palm but the buttons are flat (not on the side)
so your fingers are out straight, not draped over the side
as with the Depraz mouse.

-- Jeffrey Jonas
jeffj@panix.com