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> Seconded. The Wacom PenPartner is a great mouse replacement -- and it
> even
> gives you the option of simultaneous operation with your mouse, in case
> someone in your household doesn't want to adapt.
>
> (Oh, and Logitech does have ambidextrous mice -- the First Mouse and
> Cordless MouseMan are the first two that come to mind.)
>
> Emru Townsend
> Technical Communication Warrior - Product Integration
> Positron Public Safety Systems Inc.
> Montreal, Quebec, Canada
> e-mail: etownsend -at- positron -dot- qc -dot- ca
> My words are my own. Confuse them with my employer's at your own risk.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Katav [SMTP:katav -at- YAHOO -dot- COM]
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 9:13 AM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject: Re: mouse recomendation??
> >
> > HOWEVER, in the end I found/bought a Wacom 4*5 pad w/cordless,
> > battery-less stylus (partly based on results of a question posed to
> > this list and followed by a summary) and partly based on cost (~US$80).
> >
> > I could buy LOTS of /cheap/ rodents for those $s, but the
> > inconvenience of their demise, the installation, etc., made the
> > pen/pad combo attractive.
> >
> > Addd bonus: my southpaw son being able to use the pen as efficiently
> > as his right-handed dad (can't do that with an 'ergonamic' mouse).
> >
> > It has proven to be rugged (it bounces nicely on a terrazo floor) and,
> > strangely, it has NOT /disappeared./ (With 3 kids, THAT was a concern.)
> >
> > No Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
> >
> > Adjustment period: 5 minutes is about right.
> >
> > ==
> > Katav ( katav -at- yahoo -dot- com )
> >
>