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Article #74866Re: laptop play on the go - gamepad or trackball?
From: MacK
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:08
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:08
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Get either or both the gamepad will be useful in any system but the trackball may be closer to what a mouse is during quake3. I had a friend that used a track ball and he seemed to do ok not close to what we mousers could do but not bad. "me" <fake@nonexisting.com> wrote in message news:8Ngvb.27362$jK5.26751@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com... > Hi all, > > I recently got a new laptop and Quake 3 is running just fine on it - except > that the build-in mice (eraser-head or touch-pad) are impossible to use. > > So I am contemplating a gamepad or a trackball to play on the go. I > understand that a mouse and a keyboard are the best way to play at your > desk, but those are not an option in a car or on a plane. > > Any advice or recommendations? > > Thanks, > Al > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!internal1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!firehose2!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!cyclone.southeast.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!twister.southeast.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "MacK" <mtr@nc.rr.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.quake,alt.games.quake3 References: <8Ngvb.27362$jK5.26751@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com> Subject: Re: laptop play on the go - gamepad or trackball? Lines: 24 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <WDrvb.2964$dl.367641@twister.southeast.rr.com> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:08:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.57.221.231 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.southeast.rr.com 1069434486 66.57.221.231 (Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:08:06 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:08:06 EST Organization: Road Runner - NC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit