[RTTY] Mouse performance

[Al Kozakiewicz]

The optical mice are sensitive to the surface they are used on.  Just about anything shiny can cause problems.

On the other hand, if the computer in question had a PS/2 port to plug a 15 year old mouse into, the USB port and its driver could be the problem.  PS/2 ports disappeared altogether quite some years ago and the USB spec has undergone some changes in the interim.

Al
AB2ZY


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From: RTTY <rtty-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Hank Garretson <w6sx at arrl.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 3:12 PM
To: RTTY Reflector
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Mouse performance

My experience does not match Joe's.

Like Joe, I used a Logitech Marble trackball for years. I was delighted.

Like Joe, I switched to a wireless Logitech trackball. I am delighted. NO
issues. No lags. No RFI and my shack is very high RF intensity--nearest
wire element less than ten feet away. No anything.

My wife didn't like the mouse tail. I bought a Logitech wireless mouse for
the office computer. NO issues.

73,

Hank, W6SX


On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:

>
> On 2015-03-19 1:40 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> > I am currently using the wired/Wireless Logitec G700S
>
> I had been a fan of the Logitech Track-man Marble trackball for years.
> When my old wired (USB) version failed (switches), I was forced into
> the wireless version.  The wireless version was so bad with lags,
> missed clicks/extra double clicks/etc. that I literally threw it
> against the wall and grabbed a traditional *wired* optical mouse out
> of my travel bag.  The wireless stuff is absolute crap IMO.
>
> At this point I'm buying the lowest cost commodity mice that fit my
> hand comfortably and will never go back to a Logitech product.
>
> Bill, if you were using a wireless optical mouse, I suspect the issue
> is more about the wireless feature than the difference between optical
> and roller.
>
> 73,
>
>   ... Joe, W4TV
>
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