AGILER MOUSE REVIEW  


                            by Benjamin Moen



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   Hi all Megadisc readers! Here's a Bio-pic:

   I am nineteen and have had my Amiga 500 for one and a half years now.
  Mainly I am into music (have Audio Eng. +), utilities, reading MD and
  learning more about this great computer.  My other interests are: shooting
  and electronics.  I'm also a dance music freak!



   Most of us have probably read in numerous magazines about the monster
  Commodore mouse you get with your computer when you buy it.  I read
  somewhere that it lasts for anywhere between three and eighteen months.
  When my mouse was six months old the left mouse button decided to quit, I
  took the mouse apart and played around with the el-cheapo buttons and when
  I put it together the button worked fine (and has ever since months).  I
  was delighted as I already thought it was time to buy a new one.

   Another four months later the tracking started getting bad and the mouse
  made a squealing noise (due to acetone from cleaning dissolving the
  lubricant on the rollers I suppose).  Then just before Chrissy last year
  the mouse packed it in.  The screen pointer would not move around properly
  at all, and it was very infuriating.  I had to resort to moving the pointer
  with the keyboard, and that makes you go nuts!

   So I started hunting around for the best place to buy mice (one mail order
  shop were selling the same mice for ten dollars more than the other shop
  was!).  At first I was going to buy a budget mouse (the cheapest possible),
  but didn't think much about the few available.  So I decided to spend
  $47.50 on the Agiler mechanical mouse and another ten bob on a mouse mat.

   A few days later my package arrived.  The mouse comes in a grey box with
  colour used very sparingly.  Also there is a table on the front indicating
  for which computer the mouse is for.  There are four models: ·AGM-240, A
  3-in-1 mouse for Amstrad PC, ST and Amiga.  It has an adapter to fit the
  Amstrad and a switch for Atari/Amiga.  ·AGM-240B 2-in-1 mouse for Atari and
  Amiga. This is the model to get!  ·AGM-240C for IBM(yuk) with card and
  driver ·AGM-240N for IBM without card.

   At first I regretted buying the mouse mat as the mouse comes with a small
  pad, however this is hard and has a plastic surface on top. This at least
  keeps the mouse clean but is noisy and slippery.  It would be a good idea
  to stick the plastic surface to your table and use the pad upside down.

   On the box the blurb goes: "With speedy and accuracy positioning, Agiler
  mouse can not be surpassed by any others.  Ergonomic design, precise
  optical encoder, high resolution and crisp click of micro-smitch are just
  some of reasons which you must own it."  I think that this description is
  pretty accurate.

   The Agiler is made in Taiwan, where many computers and accessories come
  from nowadays, so don't let that deter you!  The mouse is of course
  microswitched (unlike the Commodore mouse); it is a lot smaller too.  The
  mouse is rounded on the 'bottom'.  The internals are a lot more compact, my
  old rodent had nearly 25 resistors whereas the new one has eight; it is
  also very light.  The Agiler is not as well endowed as the Commodore, It is
  smaller in size in general and the ball is a lot smaller.  If you have a
  big hand like mine the mouse does not fit the hand very comfortably.

   Overall the Agiler mouse is excellent, the resolution is higher than the
  Commodore mouse ie. you do not have to move it around as much.  If you are
  looking for a replacement mouse or an upgrade you should seriously consider
  the Agiler 240B.



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