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From: king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: That Middle Button (Boing! mouse)
Message-ID: <5701@orchid3.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 90 16:58:22 GMT
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In article <1990Dec7.183129.16746@nntp-server.caltech.edu> dg@sundog.caltech.edu writes:
>   I got a Boing mouse about a year ago (for Christmas), and at first it did
>not slide around easily, but after about a week it got much smoother.  I was
>very happy with it then, for several months.  However, after awhile it started
>getting more difficult to slide around.  The fuzzy material on the bottom
>got gummed up, I guess.

I don't have a Boing! mouse, but I have the Mouse Systems critter on the
Sun at work.  Just take a pencil eraser to the pads and gently scrub.  The
gummy stuff comes right out.  Don't know if the pads are made of the same
material on the two different mice though.

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