Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

From: J.C. Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Sat Oct 26 12:27:00 2002

        "Because people steal mouse balls. A friend works in a major computer
chain store, and I used to work for University of Texas, in IT. Keeping
balls in the mice is a huge headache. Damn if I know why anyone wants
them, though."

        Makes quite an argument for optical mice, doesn't it?

        --John

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Doc Shipley
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 13:14
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)


On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Sark wrote:
>
> A similar thing happened where I work. They etched the name into the
> bottom of the mice on several Macintosh computers... But the tool they
> used created raised edges around the letters, so therefore the mice
> wouldn't work very well, because it would catch and drag on the
> mousemat. I've also seen a similar thing happen, where they used a
> soldering iron to melt the ball covers in place on the Macintosh mice,
> and this dragged on the mousemat even worse, and the mice soon became
> useless junk because the mechanism got so dirty it wouldn't work. To
> fix these, we had to unscrew the top cover of the mouse and disassemble
> it to clean it. It was a real pain. And they thought people would steal
> mouse balls WHY?

  Because people steal mouse balls. A friend works in a major computer
chain store, and I used to work for University of Texas, in IT. Keeping
balls in the mice is a huge headache. Damn if I know why anyone wants
them, though.

        Doc
Received on Sat Oct 26 2002 - 12:27:00 BST