Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!paperboy!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!balaena!ttonino From: ttonino@bio.vu.nl (Thomas Tonino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Mice Keywords: Mouse Cleaners Message-ID: <1991Apr4.115723.12026@bio.vu.nl> Date: 4 Apr 91 11:57:23 GMT References: <59697@aurs01.UUCP> Organization: VU, Biology, The Netherlands Lines: 19 >cleaning ball. Anyone have any neat ways of cleaning the rollers >other than Q-tips and alcohol? >Jonathan Whitcomb UUCP: >Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh, NC Delphi: JBWHIT Yes I know a way to keep the rollers clean. I still have my original 1986 Atari mouse. I think it was in 1987 I greased the ball with MS4 silicone grease from Dow-Corning. Since then, i have NEVER had to clean the rollers. However the ball is slightly more slippery, but I don't notice except when rubbing the ball over the table by hand. I wouldn't recommend this trick with mice with very light balls, like Logitechs. This is just a trick I've tried and which a friend of me has tried; I do not guarantee it any further, but silicone grease seems quite inert to me. Have fun and a clean mouse! Thomas