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Re: Rust on Kensington Trackball rollers?

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From: Clark Anderson
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 1990 21:05
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In article <8045@tank.uchicago.edu> fri0@tank.uchicago.edu (Christian
E. Fritze) writes:
 > The rollers on my Kensington ADB Turbo Mouse trackball are pitted

From: saaf@joker.optics.rochester.edu (Lennart Saaf)
 > and have what looks to be RUST on them! Is this possible?
>I'm not surprised.  We have 3 of these things and over the course of a
>year I have grown to hate them.  They stick, the ball falls out, the
>cursor jiggles on the screen by magic, etc...
>Bottom line: P.U. Don't waste your money.


I'm surprised. I've had 2 of the Kensington trackballs for 2 years
now, and they've worked great. 
How in the world does the ball fall out of a trackball?
Just curious...
                                     --clark

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Subject: Re: Rust on Kensington Trackball rollers?
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Date: 23 Mar 90 21:05:08 GMT
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