🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <5tou94$ki$1@lios.apana.org.au>,
Craig Dewick <cdewick@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:
>In <5tn3a5$e1q$1@jimsun.uucp> jseymour@jimsun.medar.com (Jim Seymour) writes:
>
>>Personally, I detest those optical rodents.  ...
[snip]
>
>You'd rather have a mechanical mouse with moving parts than will fail in
>server rather than an optical mouse with no moving parts? 8-) The fact that
>the felt pads collect gunk is because they aren't cleaned often enough in
>most of the mice I've seen.

How does one *best* clean those felt pads, any way?

But to answer your question: yes.  Out of a half-dozen or so
servers and about 70 X-terminals, I can count the number of
mouse failures (over some two years that I've been admin'ing
the systems) on one hand and have most of my fingers left over.
And while I wouldn't necessarily accuse the X-terminal
manufacturer of supplying inferior mice with their product--
they sure don't look to be the epitome of high-end product,
either.

Considering the disadvantages of optical mice in comparison,
the choice is easy for me.  (The main disadvantage to me
being having to always keep pad/mouse alignment *just* *so*
for proper operation.  That drives me nuts.)  And like I
noted: try one of these in an un-air conditioned environment
on a hot, high-humidity day some time.  The thing becomes
effectively un-usable.  And like my opto-mechanical rodents
and keyboards, I do keep things pretty clean.  I regularly
inspect/clean the optical pad for the mouse I'm presently
using here at home as I sit down at the computer each time.

I just today managed to salvage a fully-functional Type 5c
keyboard for myself from a bunch of trashed ones.  Now all
I need is my new opto-mechanical rodent & I'll be in 7th
heaven :-).  (Providing my salvaged keyboard enjoys a long
life, that is.)

Regards,
Jim
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