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From: pwb@newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU (Paul W. Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: AMIGAstation...
Summary: Alright Already!
Message-ID: <1152@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au>
Date: 26 Feb 91 06:55:21 GMT
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In article <11656@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing) writes:
> In article <1107@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> pwb@newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU (Paul W. Brooks) ** THATS ME! **writes:
> 
> )Durable and reliable??  Commodore?
> )How many times have you had to replace your mouse?
> )Does anyone know of a viable 3rd party Amiga-compatible mouse?
> )How many of you are still using the original mouse that came with your
> )system!
> 
>  I've heard a number of complaints about commodore's quality control.  All
>  I can say is I've never had a problem more serious than slightly sticky
>  keys on my vintage, pre-EHB mode, 1985 A1000.  My mouse works fine.  It
>  does seem a little heavier than the mouse on my friend's 2000, but I kind
>  of like that.  It feels a little more solid.  There are probably a number
>  third party mice out there.  The one that seems to get the most praise
>  is the Boing optical mouse.  I think it is the same one Sun uses.

The above message is an extremely typical reply to my original message,
as I'm sure most can remember! 

++++++++++++++++++++I GIVE IN! +++++++++++++++++++
The Ami mouse, like all Amiga equipment, can survive being dropped
from 3 stories onto solid concrete, and not even get a r/w error on
the disk access it was doing at the time 8-) 8-) 8-)

I originally posted that message for a number of reasons - I use a mouse
mat I wash it frequently, but still get blobs of what seems to bear a
remarkable resemblance to chewing gum on the rollers. While I am at a
loss to figure out where it comes from, I can scrape it off, and do so
about once a month. 
Also both mouse buttons are intermittant (which can make playing
BLAZEMONGER II rather difficult :-).

I offer the following excuse for my earlier outburst, and humbly promise
to pull my head in for ever more:
	Since I was a poor struggling student I bought my A500 second
hand from a snotty-nosed little kid who had lost the original WB disks
and most of the manuals. In hindsight, he may well have been tougher on
the mouse than falling from 3 stories etc etc....! Unfortunately, BOING
mouses are fairly expensive down here, and we don't have nearly the
range of products easily available you are used to. I suppose I'll have
to go out and get a job (sigh).
Cheers Net,

Paul Brooks        |Internet: pwb@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au
Uni. of N.S.W.     |If you have trouble sleeping, try lying on the end of
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