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From: clark.wbst@PARC-MAXC.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.works
Subject: mickey-mouse mice
Message-ID: <17499@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Mar-84 13:29:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 13 13:29:00 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 02:54:48 EST
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Assuming you are talking about your first encounter with a mouse, I may
be able to help a little...

	1) If the mat gets dirty, the ball seems to 'stick'.  I use a plastic
	   notebook cover (shiny, but others use mat finish) and after a
	   while a quick washing works wonders.  I use alcohol because it
	   is handy, even though it is not good for the plastic.  I would
	   expect water to be good to.

	2) I have used a mouse with the ball in the back... it was terrible.
	   I could not control it well at all, and had the 'no move' problem
	   because my fingers were on the front but the ball in the back!
	   So the pressure was in the wrong place.

	3) If you use a pad made out of the wrong material the mouse gets
	   gunked up.  paper gets paper fibers.  People also use typwriter
	   mats (real dense foam) and after a while the ball has a perfect
	   coating of rubber that makes it work real bad.  This happened
	   on my notebook cover only after a couple of years.  It must
	   then be taken apart and cleaned real good with isopropyl 
	   alchohol - no lubricants or anything that can leave a residue.
	   Be VERY VERY careful if you try this.  If you bend the little
	   wires you are out of luck.

	I (obviously) am a mouse fan, and have never had any trouble
	from day one, so I tend to attribute problems to mice that are
	'broke' either by design or condition.

			--Ray