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From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: The Amiga Mouse
Message-ID: <49877@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jan 91 23:52:22 GMT
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Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR
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mikep@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mike Powell) writes:
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< 	
< 	To those who say they have had a perfect mouse for x years...
< 	consider yourself lucky....  The tech department at our local
< 	Amiga Dealer has a shelf FULL of dead mice...  The Amiga mouse
< 	has always had some problems, and unfortunately, the bubble switches
< 	have been a pain since the early A1000 days....  This is a problem
< 	that should have been corrected long ago.  I really like the
< 	design of the mouse and it's feel, but when it starts to flake
< 	out.....    Ever have a mouse button 'jump' two or more times when
< 	closing a requester, only to find that the program's Close Box
< 	was located right under it.... causing the program to quit?
< 	That's no fun at all....

My 2500 is nearly 2 years old (next month), and I never have had
any trouble with the mouse...until last week.  Then the left bubble
switch gave up the ghost.  After reading the many horror stories
of third party mice (and their praise as well), I decided it wasn't
worth spending $100 (or even $60 or $40) to fix what is in essence
a $2 part.

I therefore dissassembled the thing, removed the old switches, and
replaced them with microswitches similar to those used in the current
generation of Microsoft mice.

Of course, this meant a slight modification to the mouse board and to
the stems on the actual buttons, which would obviously void a warranty
(if you still have one), but it was WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.  If feel as
if I have a completely new mouse, and the responsiveness is excellent.

Naturally, this exercise is not for those unfamiliar with a soldering
iron, but anyone who is considering a replacement mouse should at
least CONSIDER this first.  I've always liked the 'feel' of the
Amiga mouse (having used Logitech and Microsoft mice extensively),
and hated the thought of giving it up.  Now I feel I have the best
solution (assuming, of course that the reason you are replacing your
mouse is because of malfunctioning buttons :-) ).

Regards,
Chris

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