From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Tue,  9 Sep 1997 10:00:33 +1200
From: Stephen Simon SFSA@telecom.co.nz
Subject: [9fans] re: emacs jokes  -Reply
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Hi all,

Don't joke about 5 button mice - I rembember a small box being marketed
in the early 1980s that had 4 or 5 buttons, 16 character LCD display,
an RS232 interface and basic word processing software (?!).

You formed letters using combinations of button presses and could
use it as a keyboard replacement or to pre-enter text before
downloading when you reached the office. The claim was that users
could type *real* fast using this box. 

Sadly I never bought or even tried one, however I always thought it was
a great idea, and with a bouse ball on the bottom... more RSI I suspose.

-Steve