Sun mouse pad Re: need some parts

From: Aaron Christopher Finney <aaron_at_wfi-inc.com>
Date: Mon Nov 9 20:05:46 1998

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Pete Turnbull wrote:

> No you don't -- just a print that is red/IR-absorbent (the two LEDs in
> optical mice are IR and red). We've used laser-printed sheets as an
> expediency measure a few times. There's no fancy pattern, either, it's
> just horizontal and vertical lines in a regular grid.

Ya, exactly. The only real challenge is making the lines dark enough to
provide smoothe motion. I never had a printer that could print cyan
lines dark enough, but I guess that would be ideal.

Who was it who wanted one of these again? Email me privately and I'll get
one out to you tomorrow.



Aaron C. Finney Systems Administrator WFI Incorporated
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