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Re: [Digital BW] wacom tablet note

2005-12-01 by Joe Dempsey

True.
I keep an old-fashioned ball mouse wired into my machine, for when I 
get into some grunt utilities or safe mode and the tablet or tablet 
mouse won't  work. the computer doesn't care how many pointing 
devices are attached.

Joe

At 12:40 AM 12/1/2005, you wrote:
>I haven't seen it mentioned, so I will point out that if you are left-
>handed you can set up the tablet to the left of the keyboard and any
>mouse or trackball desired to the right of the keyboard and move very
>smoothly between the two (assuming that you already use a mouse with
>the right hand).
>
>Adding a tablet does *not* mean having to get rid of a standard mouse.
>They can both be active at the same time. You do *not* have to use
>only the tablet mouse. Desk space becomes an issue but once you use a
>tablet and see how nice it is, you *will* find the room!! And the
>problems of trackballs in doing graphics will become moot so using a
>trackball will save desk space.
>
>Dan Daniel

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