mwjester@wsucsa.uucp (02/14/90)
In article <9002122041.AA18144@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>, boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes: > > 1. To my knowledge, there are three types of ST mice around. The > very first ones were marked as being from Germany. The next > batch is made in Taiwan (I think), and has a sliding mouse-ball > door, and plain metal rollers which get all gummy with heavy use. > The new ones have a rotating ball door, and have white plastic > covers on the metal rods, and do not seem to collect nearly as > much gunk. Are there any more types? > > 2. I happen to own one of the new ones (fat plastic roller covers). It > has laughed at my attempts to wear it out. It doesn't make any of > the weird noises that I hear from the older types (after some use). > Are my Microsoft plans unfounded? Has Atari actually produced a > long lasting mouse? Mine seems to feel smoother than the older types, > buttons feel the same. > > Enquiring minds want to know!! My mouse (early 86 vintage) appears to be of the second type (metal rollers, sliding door); it is marked as made in Japan. About 2 years ago I had to degunk the rollers (simple operation: Qtips and rubbing alcohol), but that's the only maintenance it ever needed. BTW, up until then I had only used the mouse on a bare desktop; shortly after that I acquired a mouse pad and have since had no gunk problems, although why this should be so is not entirely clear to me. Max J.
gray@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Graham Higgins) (02/16/90)
I got my 1040STFM in March last year, with a type II mouse. It's lousy, I have to degunk it every couple of months and one of the metal rollers has a rust track right round it. Yech. -- Graham ====== ------------------------------------------------------------------ Graham Higgins | Phone: (0272) 799910 x 24060 Hewlett-Packard Labs | gray@hpl.hp.co.uk Bristol | gray%hplb.uucp@ukc.ac.uk U.K. | gray@hplb.hpl.hp.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: My opinions above are exactly that, mine and opinions. ------------------------------------------------------------------
tmwhitehead@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (02/16/90)
While we're talking about mice, I just purchased Practical Solutions' cordelss
mouse! It works VERY well. Has an incredible feel and response. It's SO nice
not to have the cord getting tangled up all of the time. I've had it for
exactly one week, and after reading about all these mice problems and different
rollers and such, I opened the door to my roller, and it has metal rollers,
that are already showing a little bit of build-up. I have a mouse mat, but I
think that may be part of the problem. Seems like mats would just trap dirt
and let them get inside. My mat has a sort of cloth covering, but I've seen
mats that are hard and feel almost like plastic. Has anybody used a mat like
this, and did your mouse get all dirty inside?
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