Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!sol.UVic.CA!sirius!mmcintos From: mmcintos@sirius.UVic.CA (Mark McIntosh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: dead mouse Message-ID: Date: 5 Dec 90 14:09:11 GMT References: <1990Dec5.090536.27116@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@sol.UVic.CA Distribution: comp Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada Lines: 49 In-Reply-To: nwc1@quads.uchicago.edu's message of 5 Dec 90 09:05:36 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sombrio.uvic.ca On 5 Dec 90 09:05:36 GMT, nwc1@quads.uchicago.edu (einsturzende neubaten) said: >I have a dead Apple Mouse. All that is wrong with it is that I have apparently >worn out its button, and it remains in the down position. I'd run out the >warranty, of course, and the deal is this: to get a replacement, since they >won't fix it, they'll take this dead mouse, and charge me $80 for a new one. We set up a Macintosh lab here about 1.5 years ago and now a number of the mice are failing in this way. Symptom here is that the bootup floppy ejects all the time, since the mouse button is stuck down. I am pissed. We obtained the Macs about the time Apple went away from the "Made in USA" mice to the "Made in Taiwan" mice. The latter are the mice that are failing here. I recall a hue and cry in the Mac newsgroup about the crappy mice Apple was shipping - I concur. Now Apple is using "Made in USA" mice, again. I've had both kinds apart and there is a big visible difference. The balls are much heavier in the USA mice (hmmm...no comment :-). The rollers also seem to be better made (plastic in Taiwan, metal in USA). Don't know about the microswitch. I think Apple should cough up for replacements since they have admitted their error by going to other mice. How do all you netters feel? >I took the damned thing apart at once, and the piece (admittedly >attached to a PC board) looked like it would cost about $3-7 at a >RadioShack. I haven't been able to find one, though. Any ideas? And >WE ALL KNOW that they'll take this "dead" mouse, replace it, at a >cost of $10 at most, and resell it as a replacement for $80. Hmm, I >think that I smell a scam here . . . > >Anyone have any sources for the mouse button unit? Or want to buy it >and do it yourself? I bought a Kensington TurboMouse, and it's much >better, and I'll stay with that, instead. Apple screwed me over on >that one, for sure. Sigh. Good news. One of our hardware guys here looked up the part number in a catalog. On our "Made in Taiwan" ADB mouse, with a Logitech PCB inside, the microswitch is made by Omron, part # D2F-01L. The parts books says that this is supposed to have a hinge lever attached, but its been taken off for this installation. I have the Canadian Omron address if anyone wants it. The US head office is in Schaumberg, IL. We got our catalog from a local distributor. Mark J. McIntosh ____________________________________________________________________________ University of Victoria, Faculty of Engineering - Dean's Office Box 3055, Victoria, BC, CANADA \ "...the mystery of life isn't a problem to V8W 3P6 (604) 721-8612 \ solve but a reality to experience." UUCP: ...!{uw-beaver,ubc-vision}!uvicctr!sirius!mmcintos \ from Dune