track ball mouses - on windows?

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track ball mouses - on windows?

Post by bidule » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:48 pm

hey all.
was reading the carpel tunnel article in tapeop from a few issues ago, and am interested in the kensington turbo mouses mentioned in it a few times.

i'm able to get one of the old ones, it's a 64100 model, but as i understand it, it was mostly used on macs, and uses an ADB connector. If I use the ADB->USB adapter I have, will I be able to use it on my XP computer?

many thanks, louis.

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Post by vvv » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:37 am

Probably work.

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Post by kslight » Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:50 pm

I personally would avoid the hassle of ADB->USB because a USB model isn't all that expensive...not to mention that the new trackballs are optical so they work much better. I bought a Logitech trackball about 8 months ago and its awesome...highly recommended, works flawless with XP.

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