Talk:Nostromo (game controller)

Handrest

I took out the line "The hand rest can be set to 2 different positions, or removed completely in order to better suit different sizes of hands."

I own this device and cannot see where to adjust it, but it is mentioned in the manual in the "Introduction" section:

"An adjustable, removable, (sic) left-hand rest"

However, I cannot for the life of me get this thing to move. I even went so far as to peel back the orange pad underneath and unscrew a couple of likely candidates to no avail. I think this was something that was planned, but taken out of production without correcting the manual.

By all means, if I'm off base, please correct me.

The handrest is removable/repositionable. Grasp the black plastic handrest, and with the unit flat on the desk, lift the handrest straight up. It may take a small abount of force, depending on the device's mood. 69.254.211.106 22:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Not much force at all, just need to hold it on all 4 corners (middle and ring fingers on the upper left curve) and pull up with the thumb and curl your index and middle finger and the pad comes right out. Once you know you need to pull straight up (rather than slide it) it is easy, I too had to have someone else show me how, and 'Duh...' was the response.--Billy Nair (talk) 21:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

SpeedPad n50

Article ought to discuss the original n50 model, which is very similar but differently colored and with fewer buttons. Drutt 07:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

For comparison: picture of n50, and n52. Drutt 07:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Article should be moved to Nostromo Speedpad and should discuss all three models (n50, n52, n52te). 2fort5r (talk) 02:49, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Seven years later, I think the article should instead be Razer Nostromo, discussing the Belkin Nostromo pads, the Razer Nostromo (now Razer Tartarus), and the Razer Orbweaver, which adds a fourth row of keys. Formedras (talk) 00:05, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Weasel Words

The article has been marked as using weasel words - but there's no commentary on which part people find biased. It seems pretty straightforward to me. Can anyone mention what parts seem wrong so we can correct it and get rid of the header?

Khyth 17:35, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I fail to see any weasel words, just plain facts, although maybe some could benefit from a source. Since Bumm13 (seemingly the only person who found fault) didn't give a reason, I'll go ahead and delete the template link. Retodon8 10:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

The tag is still there. I see two instances:

->It is likely named after the fictional starship Nostromo....

Was it or wasn't it? Is this documented, or is it original research? Readers come here for facts, not guesses. If that statement can't be backed up with a reference, it shouldn't be in the article.

->It can be considered a keyboard/joystick/mouse hybrid...

Is it or isn't it? "Can be considered" is not specific enough. Dementia13 (talk) 21:13, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Minor changes

Hi everyone. I've recently made some minor changes, i.e. grammatical, and attempted to change some of the wording to be more concise and accurate. As I'm more of a "technical" guy than a "writer", please let me know if any of my changes are what you consider inappropriate, or if I'm making things worse than better, as I'm relatively new to Wikipedia. I'm just trying to make it a generally better article, as I just got a hold of a n52 (upgrading from a n50) so I'm interested in the product. Modul8r 17:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Copy Macros

There is an option to copy/cut/paste macros. But I can not for the life of me make a second macro, a "copy" of a macro. I can copy it, go into another profile and paste that macro. Edit that new macro to tweak one keystroke, and rename that macro, but if I try to paste that NEW macro back into the old profile it replaces the original with the tweaked macro. I can not take a complicated macro and tweak just a small part of it to make a new macro unless I manually, with a pen and paper, write down all the commands then make a totally new macro and actually type in all the commands I need to make that copied macro. Is there any way (even tweaking the binary files) to create an actual "copy" of a macro? --Billy Nair (talk) 21:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)