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From: wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ST replacement mice
Summary: fixing mouse switches
Keywords: left button, cheap, durable
Message-ID: <530@mks.UUCP>
Date: 21 Oct 88 16:49:57 GMT
References: <436@arisia.Xerox.COM>
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ont.
Lines: 19

In article <436@arisia.Xerox.COM>, bane@arisia.Xerox.COM (John R. Bane) writes:
> The left button on my Atari mouse seems to be giving up the ghost.

When mine started getting flakey, I took it apart and gave it a shot of
WD-40.  It's been working fine ever since. 

As I recall, there are two or three screws on the bottom of the mouse,
which allow you to remove the top half of the case.  Once that is done,
there are screws which hold the internal plastic frame into the case. 
Remove that and you can get at the switches on the PCB.  It's not a
sealed switch, so just take aim with the long plastic hose on the WD-40
and let 'er rip. 

You can also clean the rollers which run against the rubber ball while
it's apart.
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