06-28-2002, 11:19 AM
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Member (12 bit)
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Location: Racine, WI
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kb & mouse for post carpal tunnel surgery
I have a coworker who is having carpal tunnel surgery next monday, and we need to replace the 6 year old mouse / keyboard to suite her needs. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.
nate
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06-28-2002, 11:49 AM
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Professional gadfly
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One person here who has had problems with capral tunnel has your basic MS ergonomic keyboard and a trackball. Most people with the split ergonomic keyboards like them.
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06-28-2002, 11:56 AM
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I love my natural KB... But I don't have CTS... Yet!
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06-28-2002, 02:37 PM
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form personal experiance i'de advise a trackball, even if you don't have CTS (yet!)
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06-28-2002, 02:50 PM
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Keep in mind, some people cannot stand using a trackball. What I have found that works nice are some mice made by 3M. They look more like a joystick and come in different sizes to fit your hand. The people that I know that were recommended to use trackballs love them and won't go back to a mouse or trackball. The added bonus is that all of your shooter games that use a mouse, now have a joystick.
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06-28-2002, 03:52 PM
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Member (12 bit)
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Thanks for the advise. I will probably get a "natural" keyboard for her. I will check out the product by 3m, Hal, thanks for that. Do you know if it is supported by NT?
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06-28-2002, 04:02 PM
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Not sure off hand. The people I know that got them were running Win9x and they were simply detected as a standard PS/2 mouse. It's sending the same signals to the PS/2 port, just using different mechanics to do it, so I don't see why it wouldn't work under NT.
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06-28-2002, 04:22 PM
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Member (12 bit)
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Location: Racine, WI
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Thanks. I know that WinNT sometimes won't detect the scroll funtion on mice, but the software for it should take care of that. I may try one out for a little while, myself, and see if I like it. Here is a link if anyone else is interested in seeing it.
http://products.3m.com/usenglish/off...gvSGJ62MP1RBgl
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06-28-2002, 04:24 PM
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Member (12 bit)
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Location: Racine, WI
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Oh, I just noticed that it uses USB to connect to the PC, and NT isn't going to like that at all. Do you know if using a USB -> PS/2 adapter would work for these?
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06-28-2002, 10:49 PM
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Member (11 bit)
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Location: Springfield, Missouri
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I read through the manual and it says an adapter is provided and should work. I have never seen these and I do have some symptoms of the dreaded CT setting in. No pain yet, just the numbness. This might slow it down a little or at least put may hand/wrist in a different posistion. If anyone calls up to find out the price post it here. I may do so myself next week. Thanks for the info Hal.
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06-29-2002, 04:41 AM
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Member (11 bit)
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Not trying to be too funny, because my ex-wife had the surgery and it ain't no joke; but I have never worried about carpal tunnel as I use my two index fingers and mostly my elbows as the repetitive motion points.
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