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Article #34664Re: ST replacement mice
From: Gerry Wheeler
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1988 16:49
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1988 16:49
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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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Gerry Wheeler Phone: (519)884-2251
Mortice Kern Systems Inc. UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!wheels
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pacbell!att!chinet!mcdchg!clyde!watmath!mks!wheels 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