Originally Posted by rippersoft Back in the late 80's I used a drawing pad that had a magnetic "mouse" and it had a crosshair for spotting XY. The device also had buttons to start and stop the drawing.
Instead of hacking a mouse, why not make a crosshair and mount to the front or side of the mouse. Mill out of the clear plastic CD that is usually on top of a CD spindle stack.
With a laser mouse (ball-less mouse), you could make a mount that would be the outline of the mouse body and has a bumpout semicircle at the front for the crosshair. Mill a hole for the laser to look thru. Crazy glue the mouse to the mount.
RipperSoftware |
My Microsoft Mouse has 3 laser LED's and are arranged in a specific pattern in order to work. Don't think this would work on the mouse I have.
Jerry