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Thumb click Mouse 1 - Ergonomic

Thanks for pointer. I saw Evoluent in the Dogpile searches, but I didn't notice the thumb button. I'm not sure the vertical "handshake" position is better than the palm-down position. When I toss my hand onto the table, it lands palm down. Has anyone tried the Evoluent?
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- Post #3
- Oct 1, 2008
- Forum: Mice
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Thumb click Mouse 1 - Ergonomic

After 27 years of clicking Mouse 1, my index finger is rebelling. My quack says it's arthritis, and advises using a mouse with a thumb-clickable Mouse 1. I've seen mouses with nicely contoured thumb cradles on the side, but no button therein. Does anyone know of a mouse with a...
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- Oct 1, 2008
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- Forum: Mice
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Tape drive capstan rubber friction wheel gunk and goo

I would never have thought of that! (Mayb e I can pawn the PS/2...) Regards, Bob
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- Post #3
- Jun 11, 2008
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Tape drive capstan rubber friction wheel gunk and goo

I resurrected my IBM PS/2-60 and decided to read one of my tapes on the Irwin tape drive. I didn't know the capstan uses a short-lived rubber as a friction surface, and sure enough it was muck. After eleven years of resting in the dark, the rubber had converted itself into black goo. The...
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- Jun 10, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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AA rechargeable batteries, battery life

Actually, I'm living in the sixties. I went up to 2001 and bought a Kodak DX3600. It's a nice little machine. I'm using batteries I bought in a supermarket a couple of years ago (2005), but the camera gets very little juice from them. I came forward to 2007 to ask in this group. Even the...
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- Post #7
- Jul 23, 2007
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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AA rechargeable batteries, battery life

I want a camera that runs well using typical rechargeable AA batteries, probably NiCad. These things provide 1.2V, so a camera that uses two batteries has to run on 2.4V as well as it runs on the 3V from non-rechargeable batteries. Is there a camera that runs well using externally...
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- Jul 23, 2007
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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Acronis TrueImage 10 vs "E00070020 The image archive is corrupted"

A year ago, there was a series of posts on Wilders about "E00070020 The image archive is corrupted". And a review from December 2006 at Compusa says "Appears to work without a hitch, until you verify the integrity of the image. 90% of the images fail verification, showing error E00070020"...
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- Apr 12, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows
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Dual-port memory

The link in Soviet's reply gives good info. I read it quickly, so I might have missed any mention of using dual-port memory in high datarate applications. Also, Maxim talks about multiplexing, to keep pin count down - a concession to cost. For serious performance, you add pins.
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- Post #6
- Jul 20, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Dual-port memory

Does anyone know of systems built with dual-port memory? I haven't hunted very far, but I nosed around the Dell website. They boast about dual-channel memory, but do not mention dual-port. Regards, Bob
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- Jul 20, 2006
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stiffer mouse button 2?

My mouse is a Dell. I don't know the model. No doubt it's some sort of generic gadget. Of course there's no adjustable spring or anything. (Re: "Just watch what you're doing." Don't people get dizzy doing that?)
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- Post #5
- Jun 23, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stiffer mouse button 2?

When I move my hand from the keyboard to the mouse, I don't watch what I'm doing, I just slap the mouse. So I often click the scroll wheel without noticing. In the text editor I use, this inserts text at the mouse pointer's location. The scroll wheel's resistance is only the spring in the...
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- Jun 23, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Keyboards, key mapping, etc.?

I have a Dell keyboard (at work) with a bunch of little buttons along the top edge, a set of buttons marked with audio-player icons, and a little knob. I use emacs on Linux (Redhat 9), and I'd like to get emacs to recognize the keys, but I have no idea how to make the keys known. This...
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- Jun 23, 2006
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Nero 6.6 "Format/Prepare Rewritable DVD" missing

Turns out I needed to install InCD. The Nero documentation mentions InCD, but does not explain its role in life. And of course, at run time, the program didn't say anything about needing InCD. Don't these people know what "User Friendly" means? Tsk. Anyhow, my StartSmart has nice...
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- Post #5
- Jun 20, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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Nero 6.6 "Format/Prepare Rewritable DVD" missing

I'm pretty sure I mean more than erase. I gather "quick erase" means delete file entries, and full erase means overwrite file data. I don't know specifically what "format" means for a DVD. On hard disks, it used to mean to write timing tracks, sector flags, and whatever else the drive...
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- Post #3
- Jun 19, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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Nero 6.6 "Format/Prepare Rewritable DVD" missing

In the Nero 6 Ultra Edition Quickstart Guide, page 24E, Section 4.1, the picture shows an entry for "Format/Prepare Rewritable CD" and one for "Format/Prepare Rewritable DVD". My copy of the program doesn't show these. (I emailed the Nero people, but do these vendors ever respond?)...
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- Jun 19, 2005
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Windows

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