Of Mouses and Mats

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Socoder -> Hardware and Technology -> Of Mouses and Mats
Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 03:26
spinal	Does anyone else remember early optical mice requiring weird hologram mousemats? -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 03:26
Jayenkai	Either that or a grid of dots. Yeah, they required specific patterns to follow, so they knew wtf was going on! I haven't owned a mousemat in decades!! Once "proper" Optical Mouses turned up, it was time to ditch the mousemat for good, and trawl the mouse over my woodgrain desk. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 11:26
steve_ancell	I remember some sort of patterned mats needed to be used with optical mouses.
Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 13:07
PHS	I vaguely remember those mats but I was also more of a trackball user, even when optical started to come around. I used the top trackball type for years. Prefer it really. Eventually, I have come around to using optical of course and they're not bad, a little glitchy at times, depending on the surface being used on.
Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 15:19
steve_ancell	Bah!, I never got on with trackballs. I don't get on with mousepads either, my mum's the same and she uses an external mouse on her laptop.
Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 23:24
PHS	I'm using an external mouse for my laptop right now, haha
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 00:39
Jayenkai	I've not used a mouse since 2012!
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 02:13
rockford	Wireless mouse on a well worn mat for me. I can't stand touchpads on laptops - I turn them off immediately..
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 02:39
Jayenkai	Boooo, Hisss!!!!!
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 06:07
spinal	I'm fine with mice, trackballs and laptop trackpads. The only things I don't like is the little joystick nub thingys on thinkpads. They're just stupid. My current device is one of these microsoft thingys... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Surface-Arc-Bluetooth-Mouse/dp/B0748H383V I like it. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 08:40
steve_ancell	I'm fine with mice It's mouses, mice are rodents, you wouldn't call a row of houses hice. Plus mouses somehow sounds better than mice.
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 09:39
steve_ancell	Just to think though, when I was a kid we had to use cursor keys to navigate.
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 09:56
spinal	When I was a kid, our cursor keys were shifted modes of the same keys, Down = Down, Shift + Down = Up, Right = Right, Shift + Right = Left. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 09:58
Jayenkai	LOL! I forgot about those! I had a proper Amstrad keyboard. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 11:43
steve_ancell	@spinal: Was that on the Commodore 64 by any chance? @Jay: Same here, Amstrad 464.
Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 13:14
spinal	Steve - yeah.
Sun, 22 Aug 2021, 01:47
rockford	I've had soooooo many consoles over the years (you name it, I've probably still got it or thrown it out!) but I started with an Acetronic (similar to an Atari 800) BITD. My first computer was an Amstrad CPC 464 (started with a green screen, but the monitor borked, so we got a full refund and upgraded to colour), then Amiga A600.
Sun, 22 Aug 2021, 02:30
steve_ancell	I've still got my PS2 Slim that I've had since 2004, and I have my dad's old XBox Classic Crystal and his old (still in box) NES. I've had so many people trying to blag the XBox and NES from me but I just keep telling them to suck shit.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021, 06:40
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