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Curb find: A4 Tech Optical GreatEye Wheelmouse

Posted: 22 Oct 2017, 16:11
by green-squid
I found this interesting mouse on the curb while going home from the flea market. Thought I'd share it. It has some things going for it, but the scrollwheels are a bit too stiff

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Quick fix for a broken plastic piece
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Compared to my daily driver mouse

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Posted: 22 Oct 2017, 16:17
by rich1051414
Double scroll wheel? Why? What does the other do?

Posted: 22 Oct 2017, 16:20
by green-squid
rich1051414 wrote: Double scroll wheel? Why? What does the other do?
I don't know. it does the same up-down scrolling as the first one.

Posted: 22 Oct 2017, 21:43
by Findecanor
No difference in speed?

I think that maybe one of them could scroll left-to-right when using special drivers.

Posted: 22 Oct 2017, 22:03
by ohaimark
I had one that used a second horizontal scroll wheel. Worked without drivers too. That was a fad in the late 90s when webpages were starting to outgrow screen resolutions.

Edit: I hate autocorrect.

Posted: 24 Oct 2017, 03:57
by rich1051414
With a name like "GreatEye" I assumed the other one held the Ctrl key down when scrolling, acting as a zoom. If they both scroll normally, that seems asinine.