welch@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Arun Welch) (01/24/89)
I dunno how to get new mouse pads, but if you want to make them last longer, get some clear plastic slip-covers, or some clear contact paper, and cover the pads with them. We've got mouse pads > 3 years old here, and they're still just as good as new. Also, at your local photographers supply store, you can get some "Standard Grey" paper, and it works fine. It's used for setting contrast levels or something like that. Or, if you have an 8000 laser printer, just about all the greyshade test patterns will work. One of the nice things about the Xerox mice is that they wok with just about any stipple pattern. One of the reasons I can't stand the Mouse Systems mice (which is what the Suns'suse) is their mouse pad is direction-dependent. I'd heard that someone a PARC had hacked together an interface between the Xerox mouse and the Sun, and I hope they'd post it. ...arun
denber.wbst@XEROX.COM (01/24/89)
You can also just copy the pads on a copier. Keep your original as a master and duplicate as needed. I find that my jeans work pretty well as a mouse pad too. If you're desperate, you can even make the cursor move by strumming your fingers over the mouse window. The Xerox mouse is also directly compatible (modulo a new connector) with the Commodore Amiga mouse and the Mouse House mouse. - Michel
wlp1@bunny.UUCP (William L. Papp) (01/26/89)
Copying the mouse pad works fine. I put "688 PPC Film - Black on clear" made by 3M in the copy machine and copy directly on them. This way, they last a long time.