Question about Black Apple Pro Mouse...

Hi guys,
Just picked up a Black Apple Pro Mouse (I know it's old but I've not found a Black Mighty mouse to go with my black MacBook).
On the bottom is a dial with a minus, zero and plus settings. I've searched Apple's hardware database and can't find anything to tell me what it does. I've had a play with it and it doesn't seem to make any noticeable difference to pointer speed or light intensity, so thought I'd ask you lot...
Anyone know what it is or what it does?
Thanks for reading...
Danny
MacBook / G3 iBook / UMAX PPC603e (system 7) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

When the next person comes here looking for the answer, they will be unhappy that you did not post that the dial adjusts the click sensitivity.
These forums have many more readers that writers. Often, others are "lurking", dying to know the answer to the question you posed!

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