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[ILUG] Re: Microsoft optical mouse?

[ILUG] Re: Microsoft optical mouse?

Wesley Darlington wesley at yelsew.com
Fri Apr 23 13:53:52 IST 1999


Hi Kenn,

On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 01:37:01PM +0100, Kenn Humborg wrote:
> Does anyone remember the old DEC mice with the two, slightly-angled
> wheels underneath?  They were cool.  The part of the wheel that
> touched the desk never went inside the case, so there was no need
> to de-gunge your mouse every so often.  And they seemed to be much
> more forgiving of bad surfaces.

I quite enjoy degunking mice - it's kinda therapeutic.
Getting big gunky bits out is particularly good. 

Sorry if this disgusts anyone... *grin*

Mind you, those little wheels on those mice used to get 
dirty, giving one a chance to do a little degunking. :-)

Wesley.




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