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In article <C12zxv.8yq@crow.omni.co.jp> trich@crow.omni.co.jp writes:
>
> I found that it really makes a big difference to clean those
> mechanical mice.  You really need to open the whole thing up,
> which means pulling off the Silicon Graphics Label and removing
> the screw that is hidden underneath.  The steel rollers have
> some sort rough belt around them which I suppose is meant to

You have a rough section on the rollers? I don't. After almost a year,
the mouse cannot be moved slowly any more, the ball always slips.
Cleaning the ball with alcohol didn't help, and neither did cleaning
the rollers. I had to slip some rubber tubing over the rollers to get
the mouse to work again.

Anyway, I am glad SGI switched to mechanical mice. (They are really
mechanical inside, there are no optical pickups.) Those optical mice
didn't work when the lighting isn't right, if you run them off the pad,
or if the pad is rotated, covered, or dirty. Most, but not all, people
I asked agree with me.

Thomas
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