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Microsoft Optical Trackball 1.0 PS2/USB
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1 22899 02-04-2006
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100% of reviewers $24.90 9.0
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Description: Microsoft Optical Trackball wheel mouse with two extra programable buttons both PS/2 and USB compatible.
Keywords: microsoft wheel mouse trackball ps/2 usb input extra buttons progamable
/sbin/lspci output: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:0023 Microsoft Corp. Trackball Optical
Connection Type: PS/2 USB


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Old 02-04-2006, 04:50 PM   #1
HappyTux
 
Registered: Mar 2003
Distribution: Debian AMD64
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $24.90 | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.12-ck6
Distribution: Debian amd64



The trackball movement with your thumb takes a little getting used to but you get the hang of it after while. The mouse works well including the extra buttons once you know how to configure it properly. To see steps I took to configure it in Debian for Xorg and imwheel installed check this thread.
 




  



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