From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <97d5ab213cef5f290ba1cd55e33e3a01@kw.quanstro.net> Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 21:57:06 -0700 Message-ID: From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd356725d0ecf0485d1a8fc Subject: Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1b6b5ec8-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd356725d0ecf0485d1a8fc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Trackballs.... Kensington has a nice 4 button one with a scroll ring that I've been very very happy with. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Don Bailey wrote: > Sun Microsystems USB 3-button mouse has always been my preferred mouse > for Plan 9. Still is. And they're cheap. > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM, erik quanstrom > wrote: > > On Tue May 4 23:22:19 EDT 2010, rsc@swtch.com wrote: > >> A correspondent recently sent me email to ask > >> about where to find a good 3-button mouse for > >> use with plan9port, but the question might equally > >> apply to Plan 9 proper. I was disappointed to find > >> that apparently IBM/Lenovo no longer sells the mouse > >> that Andrey first alerted us to, with the big blue > >> scroll knob. > > > > isn't this the same thing? i just bought 8 last month > > (and we're out again): > > > > > http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=31P7405¤t-category-id=E6480EC4EE7D42A79F5F1C0940B163AB&&hide_menu_area=yes > > > > i've been using a slightly older model. it's just a tad wierd at > > first due to the lit button that's best to reach over, but works great. > > > > - erik > > > > > > --000e0cd356725d0ecf0485d1a8fc Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Trackballs.... Kensington has a nice 4 button one with a scroll ring that I= 've been very very happy with.

On Tue= , May 4, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Don Bailey <don.bailey@gmail.com> wrote:
Sun Microsystems USB 3-button mouse has alw= ays been my preferred mouse
for Plan 9. Still is. And they're cheap.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:52 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> On Tue May =A04 23:22:19 EDT 2010, rs= c@swtch.com wrote:
>> A correspondent recently sent me email to ask
>> about where to find a good 3-button mouse for
>> use with plan9port, but the question might equally
>> apply to Plan 9 proper. =A0I was disappointed to find
>> that apparently IBM/Lenovo no longer sells the mouse
>> that Andrey first alerted us to, with the big blue
>> scroll knob.
>
> isn't this the same thing? =A0i just bought 8 last month
> (and we're out again):
>
> http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controlle= r/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=3D38&Co= de=3D31P7405&current-category-id=3DE6480EC4EE7D42A79F5F1C0940B163AB&= ;&hide_menu_area=3Dyes
>
> i've been using a slightly older model. =A0it's just a tad wie= rd at
> first due to the lit button that's best to reach over, but works g= reat.
>
> - erik
>
>


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