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From: krs@amdahl.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Spare mouse cable?
Message-ID: <5813@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Mar-87 16:41:51 EST
Article-I.D.: amdahl.5813
Posted: Thu Mar  5 16:41:51 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Mar-87 04:22:10 EST
Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA
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After a year-and-a-half of usability, my mouse bit the dust.  Not
because the ball corroded (or whatever they do) or because its PC
board failed, but because the typical-use flexing of the cable
where it enters the mouse-housing broke a wire in the cable.  I
popped the bottom cover off and discovered that it's connected to
the PC board with a wire-wrap pin connector (good idea, that), so
I called my local distributor and asked how much they wanted for
a replacement cable.  The response?  "Apple doesn't supply them as
spares.  They want you to replace the whole mouse."

I am not pleased.  I *won't* spend around $90 to buy a replacement
mouse from Apple for a $20-including-markup replacement cable.  I
can fabricate a new cable (simple), except that the strain-relief
(which didn't) is molded onto the cable, so I could expect damage
to the internal PC board, eventually; then I'd *really* need to
replace the mouse.  In the meantime, I've spent the $100 to another
manufacturer and bought a trackball.

Dear Apple,

   Please provide mouse cable spares through your service
   centers and dealers.

Thanks,
...Kris Stephens
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Amdahl Corporation   |                |    -or-  krs@amdahl.amdahl.com
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