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Article #155Re: mouse cleaning
From: Peter Shenkin
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:06
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:06
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In article <1993Jan20.221257.981@bitrot.in-berlin.de> thomas@bitrot.in-berlin.de (Thomas Driemeyer) writes: >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. I've not seen the mechanical mice, but if the ball is rubber, try cleaning it with carbon tetrachloride or dry-cleaning fluid. This should remove a small amount of the rubber surface and roughen it up a bit. -P. -- ************************f*u*cn*rd*ths*u*cn*gt*a*gd*jb************************ Peter S. Shenkin, Box 768 Havemeyer Hall, Dept. of Chemistry, Columbia Univ., New York, NY 10027; shenkin@still3.chem.columbia.edu; (212) 854-5143 ******* ...ghostlier demarcations, keener sounds. (Wallace Stevens) ********
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!still3.chem.columbia.edu!shenkin From: shenkin@still3.chem.columbia.edu (Peter Shenkin) Subject: Re: mouse cleaning References: <C12zxv.8yq@crow.omni.co.jp> <1993Jan20.221257.981@bitrot.in-berlin.de> Sender: nobody@ctr.columbia.edu Organization: Dept. of Chem, Columbia U, New York Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:06:19 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan21.160619.27778@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> X-Posted-From: still3.chem.columbia.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu Lines: 17