Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!cbnews!itch From: itch@cbnews.att.com (richard.m.brack) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: The Amiga Mouse Message-ID: <1991Jan3.141331.17345@cbnews.att.com> Date: 3 Jan 91 14:13:31 GMT References: <1990Dec18.185050.11886@convex.com> <2132@otc.otca.oz> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 In article <3520@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> tym@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Tim MacKenzie) writes: > >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. Well, I have had my Amiga (and mouse) for about 8 or 9 months and have had no problems with my buttons. What I have had trouble with is moving down or left (or both). When I try to do slow movements in these directions, something slips. I guess either the ball isn't rolling or the rollers inside aren't moving. This makes it almost impossible to do detailed work in a paint program. I have cleaned it several times and have always had a mouse pad. So now I'm thinking about getting either a Boing! optical or a track ball. Anyone out there using a track ball??? RichBrack -- { the itchman cometh /-/ _ i don't want to be your angel } { itch@cbnews.att.com /-/ _|_|_ i want to be your witch! } { att!cbnews!itch \-\/-/ ( * )tch -yello } { \/\/ /^\ }