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Article #1495Re: intelli mouse wheel a bit stiff....replacement? what about the ball?
From: cms
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:00
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 03:43:15 -0500, "Phantasm" <phant@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > >you can get them from www.cpu4u.com for $1 > > >cms <NOSPAMoneeighty@mindspring.com> wrote in message >news:372576ce.4185100@news.mindspring.com... >> On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 06:50:35 +1000, "Rod Speed" >> <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote: >> >> > >> >cms <NOSPAMoneeighty@mindspring.com> wrote in message >news:37244053.1890287@news.mindspring.com... >> > >> >> how about the ball? The intellimouse ball is toast now b/c I used >> >> it on a rough surface. It's slick, and doesn't have a chalk texture >> >> anymore. I'm sure its the ball that needs changing b/c I put a >> >> logitech one in and it works great. I've yet to locate a retailer >> >> who sells replacements. The mouse is fine so a <$10 replacement >> >> would be acceptable. Anyone know where I might pick one up? >> > >> >www.paw.com.au flog mouse balls. Until the animal >> >liberationists get them anyway. DPM50 $4.55 >> >> >> UPDATE: I found a US retailer who specializes in repalcement mouse >> ballz to individuals, schools, government, etc. Apparently, mouse >> ball theft (or destruction) is more prevelant that I once believed. >> >> Anyhow, individuals can indeed get a replacement for under $10. >> >> -charles > I forgot the URL in my last post. www.mouseballz.com Now, I did check www.cpu4u.com but I didn't find it in their complete .txt price list. -charles
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f70d1,60f1bcc4f8945e9e X-Google-Attributes: gidf70d1,public X-Google-Thread: 10a2ed,60f1bcc4f8945e9e X-Google-Attributes: gid10a2ed,public X-Google-Thread: f5f89,60f1bcc4f8945e9e X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f89,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,60f1bcc4f8945e9e X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public From: NOSPAMoneeighty@mindspring.com (cms) Subject: Re: intelli mouse wheel a bit stiff....replacement? what about the ball? Date: 1999/04/27 Message-ID: <37297b1f.5290140@news.mindspring.com> X-Deja-AN: 471396283 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7ft00i$3fg$1@centipede.wantree.com.au> <37244053.1890287@news.mindspring.com> <7g2ji3$rvr$1@news.mel.aone.net.au> <372576ce.4185100@news.mindspring.com> <7g3tdq$rqc$1@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises X-Server-Date: 27 Apr 1999 08:56:55 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,aus.computers