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From: c60b-at@buddy.Berkeley.EDU (John Kawakami -0^0-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: secrets of FLASH?
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Date: 22 Mar 88 01:36:19 GMT
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In article <3171@hcr.UUCP> miken@hcr.UUCP (Mike Nemeth) writes:
>to understate the case, i was not amused. the chap at the store said he'd
>seen a lot of dead mice showing up lately, and that he didn't make a cent
>off of getting them replaced. atari bills him $X, he bills me $X (+ tax).

Could it be the dreaded TAIWAN mouse?!?  As far as I can tell from the
postings on the net, the Taiwan mouse is made of cheaper components than
the Japan mouse.  I have a Japan mouse, and the guts are mostly chip-
type capacitors and tiny resistors.  If you need a new mouse, hunt down
one made in Japan.

In a related vein,  anyone know how to hook up an optical mouse to the
ST (or any other machine other than IBMacintosh).  The mice are about
$75 and are _much_ nicer than mice with balls;-)  Should be a pretty
simple effort (if you're an EE).


John Kawakami              /    c60b-at@buddy.berkeley.edu
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