12 Sep
2002
12 Sep
'02
12:11 a.m.
I have been asked if I can repair or replace a broken mouse.
It is for a CDC Cyber 910 workstation, the mouse is obviously
manufactured by Mouse Systems, its number is MSC 401162-006/E
The connection is a DE9 male connector which connects to the system
keyboard.
The problem is that the mouse was dropped and only one LED works. The
mouse allows horizontal cursor movement but not vertical.
If anyone has a replacement available or can provide additional
information please contact me off list.
-- hbp
12 Sep
12 Sep
2:13 a.m.
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 11:11:07AM +0200, Hans B Pufal wrote:
It is for a CDC Cyber 910 workstation,
Isn't that a relabled SGI Indigo R3000?
--
tschüß,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
4:55 a.m.
New subject: Broken mouse! - fixed
Thanks for all the helpful comments.
After taking the mouse apart, I realised that my original diagnostic was
incorrect. It only has one LED, the other "LED" is actually a sensor.
The problem turned out to be simple, one of the shperical plastic lenses
had come adrift when the mouse was dropped.
-- hbp
11:26 a.m.
New subject: Broken mouse! - fixed
Hans B Pufal wrote:
After taking the mouse apart, I realised that my
original diagnostic was
incorrect. It only has one LED, the other "LED" is actually a sensor.
I'm wondering if this is actually like a Sun mouse, and that second
"LED" is an infra-red one. The Sun mice have both LED and sensor
behind a completely spherical lens, one for X and another for Y
position.
The problem turned out to be simple, one of the
shperical plastic lenses
had come adrift when the mouse was dropped.
The first time my friend Beccy saw an optical mouse, she had to
find out how it worked, and took it apart. Moments later, two tiny
round lenses popped out and rolled away... they're quite hard to
find, being transparent!
(we did find them again!)
--
John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
4:27 p.m.
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8:11 p.m.
New subject: Broken mouse! - fixed
John Honniball wrote:
Hans B Pufal wrote:
>After taking the mouse apart, I realised that my original diagnostic was
>incorrect. It only has one LED, the other "LED" is actually a sensor.
I'm wondering if this is actually like a Sun
mouse, and that second
"LED" is an infra-red one. The Sun mice have both LED and sensor
behind a completely spherical lens, one for X and another for Y
position.
Externally it is identical to a Sun mouse, but the electronics and the
cabling is different (at least for the one example of the Sun mouse I
disassembled. The proinciple of operation is the same,- one LED and one
sensor. The MSC part number for the Sun mouse :401162-035/D is the same
as for the CDC one except for the suffix after the hyphen. I suspect the
suffix changes depending on the connection type and also probably the
version of the electronics. Mouse Systems made these mice for many years
and for many OEM's.
The first time my friend Beccy saw an optical mouse,
she had to
find out how it worked, and took it apart. Moments later, two tiny
round lenses popped out and rolled away... they're quite hard to
find, being transparent!
Indeed, luckily mine stayed inside the mouse and were quickly recaptured.
-- Hans
6:26 p.m.
New subject: SGI, er, ah, CDC Indigo Re: Broken mouse!
At 01:21 PM 9/12/02 +0200, you wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 11:11:07AM +0200, Hans B Pufal
wrote:
I think that you're thinking of the CDC 9100. Here's a picture
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2050888617>
Joe
It is for a CDC Cyber 910 workstation,
Isn't that a relabled SGI Indigo R3000? 
13 Sep
13 Sep
9:01 a.m.
New subject: SGI, er, ah, CDC Indigo Re: Broken mouse!
On 2002.09.13 01:12 Joe wrote:
I think that you're
thinking of the CDC 9100. Here's a picture
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2050888617> Ahh, yes.
You are right. But the pix@epay are from a R4000 Indigo, if I
see it right.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
It is for a CDC Cyber 910 workstation,
Isn't that a relabled SGI Indigo R3000?
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