Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce!tym From: tym@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Tim MacKenzie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: The Amiga Mouse Message-ID: <3520@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> Date: 1 Jan 91 22:47:30 GMT References: <1990Dec18.185050.11886@convex.com> <41604@ut-emx.uucp> <17932@wehi.dn.mu.oz> Organization: Monash Uni. Computer Science, Australia Lines: 22 In <17932@wehi.dn.mu.oz> BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes: >>>In article hbrinch@icoast.UUCP (Henrik Brinch) writes: >> >I have had 3 mice in 3 years. There are 2 major problems with the Amiga mice. >2) The "bubble switch" contacts are very poor, and often only marginally >functional. Almost every Amiga mouse requires that the buttons be pressed >in a certain way (which varies with each mouse), and it is possible to >depress the buttons without the press registering. On my current mouse, >this happens if the fingers ride to far back on the buttons. The "bubble switch" contacts are rubbish and always have been. Why C= did not put proper micro-switch buttons in puzzles me. [ Maybe the poor quality of the rollers meant that the buttons would outlast them ;) ]. I installed micro-switch buttons in my mouse ~8 months ago, cost about $15 Oz, and can recommend them to all. They simply replace the existing switches and require a little filing down of the push-rods. Greetz. Tim MacKenzie tym@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au