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- 12 Apr 2021, 19:26
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Olympus trackball
- Replies: 2
- Views: 213
Re: Olympus trackball
Thank you! Actually, I'm still using it till now: really well-made device.
- 07 Apr 2021, 10:55
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Future of DT
- Replies: 92
- Views: 22121
Re: Future of DT
Obviously this tread is not dead - it's just vintage one!
- 06 Apr 2021, 22:57
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Recommended Ergonomic Trackball?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 489
Re: Recommended Ergonomic Trackball?
Can't say anything about thumb-driven trackballs - but as for me, one of the best are Elecom Deft Pro and Kensington SlimBlade. Ergonomic is highly personal thing, and nobody will make the optimal choice for you - so, just try different models.
- 06 Apr 2021, 22:11
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Future of DT
- Replies: 92
- Views: 22121
Re: Future of DT
Forums are generally dying all over the web. Google, reddit, facebook, instagram, discord, ... they are killing them, but there are a few that still work, so I guess there is hope. Definitely. Yes forums as such follow the fate of dinosaurs - evolution is hard to prevent. But despite reptiles aren'...
- 03 Apr 2021, 22:36
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Olympus trackball
- Replies: 2
- Views: 213
Olympus trackball
Seems there's some attraction to the old devices here...
My new addition to the collection: https://forum.trackballs.eu/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=109

- 22 Mar 2021, 14:44
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
- Replies: 244
- Views: 8944
Re: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
Oops, I've totally forgotten about that new European privacy game, sorry.
- 22 Mar 2021, 13:56
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
- Replies: 244
- Views: 8944
- 22 Mar 2021, 12:45
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
- Replies: 244
- Views: 8944
- 22 Mar 2021, 09:42
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
- Replies: 244
- Views: 8944
Re: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
Doesn't anyone remember the CB radio craze back in the '70s, where all the basement dwellers used their CBs to talk to other basement dwellers...about their CBs? Kids today are doing exactly the same thing, only using their phones. Yes, exactly - and several decades later, they'll remember these go...
- 19 Mar 2021, 20:51
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
- Replies: 244
- Views: 8944
- 19 Mar 2021, 20:28
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
- Replies: 244
- Views: 8944
Re: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
you can't remotely compare reddit to a forum community. On reddit you need instant gratification, you don't search for actual information just quick mindless entertainment. While I myself dislike technical / organisational structure of Reddit, I have to disagree. As a member of /r/Trackballs/ I'd s...
- 19 Mar 2021, 20:17
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
- Replies: 244
- Views: 8944
Re: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
I recalled how badly we've wanted the *.GIF files to be loaded starting from the bottom, not from the top. Of course, these were purely technical pictures, nothing more: I swear!
- 19 Mar 2021, 20:11
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
- Replies: 244
- Views: 8944
Re: Please welcome the new owners of Deskthority
OMG, you remember Usenet, Netscape and BBS?!? Do you have a 2400 modem hiss as your smartphone ringtone?

- 15 Mar 2021, 19:43
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Certificate Error Messages
- Replies: 5
- Views: 278
Re: Certificate Error Messages
Different CA will be used, perhaps?
- 15 Mar 2021, 19:37
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Certificate Error Messages
- Replies: 5
- Views: 278
Re: Certificate Error Messages
Seems to be, work in progress: currently it was blocked again...
- 15 Mar 2021, 19:26
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: Certificate Error Messages
- Replies: 5
- Views: 278
Re: Certificate Error Messages
Old Firefox version didn't allowed the connection at all: This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate. http://images.vfl.ru/ii/1615832414/57276044/33689722_s.jpg But...
- 03 Mar 2021, 13:43
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Trackball for smaller hands
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2512
Re: Trackball for smaller hands
What model namely?
- 02 Mar 2021, 02:56
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: For sale! Deskthority is looking for a new owner
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9257
Re: For sale! Deskthority is looking for a new owner
Also remember that there is a thing called uBlock Origin :D. I haven't had very many ad problems in the past several years since I installed that. Adblockers are good thing of course: in fact, I use them all the time. But anyway, presence of ads is a matter of overall site perception. Being an owne...
- 28 Feb 2021, 21:43
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: For sale! Deskthority is looking for a new owner
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9257
Re: For sale! Deskthority is looking for a new owner
I doubt it have any value, actually. Who/what is Z?
- 28 Feb 2021, 20:42
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: For sale! Deskthority is looking for a new owner
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9257
Re: For sale! Deskthority is looking for a new owner
The only method I know of is, to put annoying banners and similar ads - and I haven't seen them on DT till now...

- 25 Feb 2021, 23:25
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: For sale! Deskthority is looking for a new owner
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9257
- 25 Feb 2021, 23:22
- Forum: Deskthority talk
- Topic: For sale! Deskthority is looking for a new owner
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9257
- 03 Dec 2020, 22:40
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: A New (To Me) Microsoft Trackball Explorer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1468
Re: A New (To Me) Microsoft Trackball Explorer
Any vendor software, including Elecom one, allow to reassign the buttons as desired...apastuszak wrote: ↑03 Dec 2020, 22:15The only thing I want on the left side is the left click, right click and scroll wheel. Nothing else does that besides the MSTE.
- 03 Dec 2020, 11:53
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: A New (To Me) Microsoft Trackball Explorer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1468
Re: A New (To Me) Microsoft Trackball Explorer
Among Elecom products, Deft Pro is quite close to the MTE in design and controls (buttons, wheel) placement.
- 21 Nov 2020, 13:07
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: A New (To Me) Microsoft Trackball Explorer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1468
Re: A New (To Me) Microsoft Trackball Explorer
Congratulations! :) IMHO, it's one of most convenient trackballs (except for strange Microsoft's decision to put its right button on the left side - but it's easy to reassign in software), and even today it's still quite usable. Steel bearings wear quickly, but after putting ceramic or ruby ones ins...
- 10 Nov 2020, 11:28
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2499
Re: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
Nice collection! You might consider selling entrance tickets for viewing it...
Once upon a time, I've had a kind of small 'home museum' of ancient computers, but discarded them due to the space problem. Sometimes I regret that...

Once upon a time, I've had a kind of small 'home museum' of ancient computers, but discarded them due to the space problem. Sometimes I regret that...
- 20 Oct 2020, 10:41
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2499
Re: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
Are you familiar with any smaller active serial converters that could be installed inside a device so that the keyboard + trackball connections could be internally converted and combined using a small USB hub so the whole thing would only use 1 USB port? I wonder is a promicro could serve as an act...
- 17 Oct 2020, 12:58
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2499
Re: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
Mine seems to have a few chips inside, but they might for be the buttons, guess I need to break out a voltmeter. The only quadrature trackball with microcontroller I'm aware of is DT-225 where Microchip PIC16C55 is used for axis rotation, pulse rate (i.e., sensitivity) change, and button function h...
- 16 Oct 2020, 09:57
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2499
Re: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
Do you mean replacing the controller with a microcontroller or reading the outputs at the plug? In case of quadrature output, there's no controller in device typically - so I'll have to add one. Any idea what to do about the disintegrating roller foam? I'm thinking glue or doublesided tape and a st...
- 15 Oct 2020, 10:26
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2499
Re: Measurement Systems 3" Trackball and RAM Optical Instrumentation Controller
3 inches is extremely entertaining, but could be a pain in daily use. -snip- the switches are backlit and stupidly tall for the amount of travel. Depends on particular use case, I believe. Trackball of such size/shape probably was never intended to be used as a pointing device for computer GUI cont...