Where mice have roamed

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RollerMouse is a trackball from CH Products. RollerMouse is compatible with Microsoft Mouse for the IBM PC and PS/2 models and clones. It also works with the IBM Mouse on the PS/2. There are versions for microcomputers with a separate circuit card for mice, and there are versions for the Apple IIGS and the Macintosh. There are 9-pin and 25-pin versions, and CH Products includes a 9-pin-to-25-pin adapter. RollerMouse occupies a 5-inch by 5.5-inch space. A trackball is bigger than a mouse, but the advantage is that a trackball does not move, so you never need more space. RollerMouse is easy to install. The product costs $169.95 to $189.95. Another product is mentioned: the Underdesk Mouse Tray from Microcomputer Accessories is a 10-inch-wide tray covered with a rubber pad. The product mounts under a desk or tabletop, sliding in and out, so a mouse is kept out of the way.

Product/Service Evaluation, Mice (Computer peripherals), Mouse, Trackball, Trackballs, Joystick Technologies Inc. CH Products Div., MicroComputer Accessories Inc., RollerMouse (Input-output device), Underdesk Mouse Tray (Computer furniture)

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Where mice fear to go

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Handykey Corp's Twiddler input device functions as a mouse or a keyboard, without requiring close proximity to the computer. The Twiddler straps on to the user's hand, and is connected to the computer via cable. It functions as a cursor control device by sensing the motion and tilt of the user's hand, and positioning the cursor accordingly. As a keyboard, the Twiddler requires the user to master pressing 12 finger- and six thumb-buttons in combinations to reproduce the 101-key input of a standard microcomputer keyboard. Combinations are available, or can be programmed, to input commonly used words or word-parts. Both cursor-control and keyboard functions proved difficult to operate, however, and would require at least 10 days for mastery. The Twiddler requires no special software, and will run on DOS 3.0 or Microsoft Windows 3.1.

Keyboards (Computers), Keyboard, I/O Device, Cursor Control Devices, Handykey Corp., Handykey Twiddler (Input device)

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Letting the thing speak for itself

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Speech Thing ($69.95), from Covox Inc, gives a microcomputer a voice. Speech Thing plugs into the parallel port of an IBM-compatible microcomputer. The system includes an amplifier-speaker and three 5.25-inch disks. Speech Thing requires a compatible version of Basic - Basic, Basica or GWBasic - and MSDOS 3.0 or later. Speech Thing includes an 80-page manual that helps the user adapt the system to the user's software. Speech Thing works with PC Therapist ($39.95), a program that appears to understand the user as comments are typed in. The program makes seemingly intelligent responses and picks up more of the user's vocabulary as more time is spent with it.

Equipment and supplies, Voice I/O equipment, Voice synthesis, Speech synthesis, Voice I/O Device, Peripherals, Covox Inc., Thinking Software, Speech Thing (Input-output device), PC Therapist (Computer program)

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