Sun Optical mouse pad anyone?

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Fri Nov 30 22:10:37 2001

On November 30, Fred deBros wrote:
> OK, so there are type 4 (UV plus vis light) and type 5 (UV only) sun
> optical mice.

  You mean IR, not UV...

> Type 4 mice require a different optical pad than type 5.
> Type 4 mice are tricky because they have to be adjusted to the grid
> (parallel vs perpendicular) in order to work correctly.
> There is a ps file that prints the type 4 mouse pad grid on paper.
> Do I have to laminate that print, or print it on a transparency and glue
> that onto an aluminum foil or print it onto a reflective foil?
>
> Because my printed pad on plain paper don't work with type 4 mice.
>
> Sniff. I wonder why I find so many optical mice in the garbage here.

  I've used that ps file with Type 3 mice, and plain paper worked fine.
Not sure what's up with the Type 4 mice.

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
Received on Fri Nov 30 2001 - 22:10:37 GMT

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