Evolution of the Apple Mouse

[Tony Duell]

> > Oh, I have many machines with mice. I don;'t think I have anything that
> > uses a normal PC style PS/2 or USB or RS232 mouse, though. Mybe I do, I
> > think the Whitechapel Hitech takes an RS232 mouse, but I've not sorted
> > that one out yet.

Actually, I bouight a PS/2 mouse a few days ago. It's now a very dead 
PS/2 mouse. I will explain the reasons in another message...

> *Thinks* Wouldn't an upgraded Archimedes, or some other recent RISC OS
> machine such as an Iyonix, be a better tool for accessing the Internet
> than a PC-AT with a 486?

Maybe. I nver really got into RISC OS. The few times I've used it, I 
didn't really care for it. And I really like having the source code for 
everything I depend on (which is the case with this PC, I have the BIOS 
source in the TechRef and of course linux comes with source). I have had 
to fix things in the past...

> Helpful with text editing, occasionally. I used MS-Word 4.0 for DOS on
> a few PCs with mice but no GUI.
> 
> Not really worth the effort, though, to be fair.

I don;t think vi will make use of a mouse...

-tony