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From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:24

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On 2018-02-13, Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> JimP <solo...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I remember when track balls were all the rage, better than a joy stick
>> some said.
>
> Trackballs rule if you're playing Centipede.
>
> Otherwise, I have one, didn't find it very useful for regular pointer
> manipulation.

My wireless keyboard has a little trackball built in.
It works reasonably well.  It talks to the machine that
I have in the living room, plugged into the TV, and I
use it from my lap, where a mouse would be inconvenient.

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From: Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
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