Re: [ILUG] Re: Microsoft optical mouse?

From: Wesley Darlington (wesley at domain yelsew.com)
Date: Fri 23 Apr 1999 - 13:53:52 IST


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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