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In article <01bcdbe4$d709c760$e12b7dc2@pgrnfr.iol.ie>, "Pat Ryan"
<pgrnfr@iol.ie> wrote:

> We have about 25 computers in our Computer Room.
> Sometimes a mouse ball goes 'missing'.
> 
> Does anyone know of  a supplier of just the ball.  We do not want to buy a
> new mouse every time a ball 'goes missing.'
> 
> Pat

Pat, I really know what this feels like.

However, I have experienced the problem and one of the things I discovered
was that the balls are more likely to be taken when the machine, its
operating system or the applications are not performing as they should. 
In general students know that the equipment and its parts are tools to use
and disabling them is a negative and counter-productive event.  But if the
tool is not doing the job for which it was intended the vandalisation of
it seems unimportant.

There are suppliers of balls.  When It happened to me I was able to get
them from our school's computer dealer but they were about $6.00 each.

I think you should check the shops and see if you can get a local supplier
to order them in for you.

Sincerely


Timothy W. Shire

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