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From: hughesmp@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Archimedes keyboard
Message-ID: <1991Feb22.154034.7845@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 22 Feb 91 15:40:33 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.160812.20483@cns.umist.ac.uk> <2313@cybaswan.UUCP> <1991Feb21.143445.22959@fwi.uva.nl>
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In article <1991Feb21.143445.22959@fwi.uva.nl>, aroest@fwi.uva.nl (Axel Roest (N)) writes:

> Wow, what do you do with your keyboards? Bang them with hammers and Coke
> cans or something?
> I have my Arch for 2(3?) years now and I haven't had any serious problems.

I've had mine for 1 year ish, and no problems except once the keypad 5 key
died from excessive playing of my Tetris. I fixed that by opening up the 
keyboard, getting a decent aerosol can of contact cleaner, and letting the
whole lot have it... It still works now! (And yes, it used CFCs.)

> Now I DO have a lot of problems with my mouse. Why did Acorn decide to use
> a light plastic ball instead of a heavy, rubbercoated metal one. The 
> friction between the plastic ball and the metal 'thingies' is very low.
> Does someone know a supplier of rubbercoated metal balls with the same
> diameter as the ball in the Arch mouse?
> I think that will give the mouse a much better 'feeling'.

No we're talking serious bummers. I'm on my second mouse, and this one's
just about died. Cleaning them didn't work for even 10 seconds. I want
to get a PC 3 button mouse; there is a simple alteration, an invertor I
think, on one line which makes it work the right way up. Those mice I
believe are a lot better than the Arc ones...
         
> Axel

T.
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