8 Apr
2000
8 Apr
'00
3:34 p.m.
Hi,
Digging through the archives, I came across what appears to be the last
revision of Bill Whitson's FAQ for classiccmp. It has some great info, but
is seriously outdated. I've posted it here:
http://www.retrobytes.org/classiccmp/faq_p1.txt
http://www.retrobytes.org/classiccmp/faq_p2.txt
http://www.retrobytes.org/classiccmp/faq_p3.txt
Derek, have you thought about maintaining a current FAQ for the current
list?
Cheers,
Aaron
9 Apr
9 Apr
8 a.m.
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9:43 a.m.
New subject: Sun Mouse
My sun mice only have one led lit per mouse. There should be two lit as
there is obviously a second led that is not. Any suggestions on repair or
replacement of the mouse. The box is perfect! --
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Jeffrey S. Worley
Technical Services
Bits & Bytes Computer Services Inc.
1979B Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
828-684-8953 - voice 0900-1700 five days
828-687-9284 - 24hr fax
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
Technoid(a)Cheta.net
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10:30 a.m.
New subject: Sun Mouse
My sun mice only have one led lit per mouse. There should be two lit as
there is obviously a second led that is not. Any suggestions on repair or
replacement of the mouse. The box is perfect! --
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Jeffrey S. Worley
Technical Services
Bits & Bytes Computer Services Inc.
1979B Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
828-684-8953 - voice 0900-1700 five days
828-687-9284 - 24hr fax
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
Technoid(a)Cheta.net
It's the same on all the Sun Mice I know... I think one's in the
infrared range and is not visible.
Bill
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11:24 a.m.
New subject: Sun Mouse
Technoid(a)cheta.net wrote:
My sun mice only have one led lit per mouse. There
should be two lit as
there is obviously a second led that is not. Any suggestions on repair or
replacement of the mouse. The box is perfect! --
It's been a while since I used one, but I seem to recall that what you
describe is the case, or more precisely, that the second one *appears*
not to work because it emits in the IR portion of the spectrum.
I'd find a pad and try it out -- but beware that there are two different
styles of pads that were used by Sun. I suspect you want the physically
smaller version with the more closely knit lines, as my increasingly
enfeebled memory says that the larger ones were only used on the Sun 3's.
--
Chris Kennedy
chris(a)mainecoon.com
http://www.mainecoon.com
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10 Apr
10 Apr
4:35 a.m.
New subject: Optical Mouse Pad
Uh, Duh. Ok, I wondered if it was an IR led but now I know it is and that
it is working because I can get the mouse to move a teeny bit by running
it over dense text.
I think I have to make a mousepad. Any ideas on the distance between
lines etc? --
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Jeffrey S. Worley
Technical Services
Bits & Bytes Computer Services Inc.
1979B Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
828-684-8953 - voice 0900-1700 five days
828-687-9284 - 24hr fax
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
Technoid(a)Cheta.net
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7:20 a.m.
New subject: Optical Mouse Pad
Uh, Duh. Ok, I wondered if it was an IR led but now I
know it is and that
it is working because I can get the mouse to move a teeny bit by running
it over dense text.
I think I have to make a mousepad. Any ideas on the distance between
lines etc? --
Is this a Sun4 mouse or Sun3.
I can send you a Sun4 mousepad.
Bill
7:49 a.m.
New subject: Optical Mouse Pad
Uh, Duh. Ok, I wondered if it was an IR led but now I
know it is and that
it is working because I can get the mouse to move a teeny bit by running
it over dense text.
FWIW I used to get an SGI optimouse to move not too
shabbily by holding it up near the screen and
tilting it in and out of the plane.
Then rotate it 90deg. to work in the other axis
and 180deg to get the other direction.
(When you're Real-Real desperate)
JEA
10:10 a.m.
New subject: Optical Mouse Pad
On very white paper ! (Should be white to IR)
(There is a lot of chalk on premium Inkjet
paper that may do)
On my Sun 3/80 mouspad the lines are 1 mm
apart
and 0.1 to 0.2 mm thick
Sipke
----- Original Message -----
From: <technoid(a)cheta.net To:
<classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Monday, April
10, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: Optical Mouse Pad
Uh, Duh. Ok, I wondered if it was an IR
led but
now I know it is and that
it is working because I can get the mouse
to
move a teeny bit by running
it over dense text.
I think I have to make a mousepad. Any
ideas on the distance between
lines etc? --
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Jeffrey S. Worley
Technical Services
Bits & Bytes Computer Services Inc.
1979B Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
828-684-8953 - voice 0900-1700 five days
828-687-9284 - 24hr fax
Who is General Failure and why is he
reading my hard disk?
Technoid(a)Cheta.net
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5:22 p.m.
New subject: Optical Mouse Pad
When I was at CMU, the optical mouse pads for the Sun-2's and Sun-3's in
the public computing clusters were always going missing. So someone came
up with a PostScript file you could print that would make you a mousepad
on the LaserWriter.
They worked OK, though they did tend to get the mice fouled up with toner
and paper dust. Wish I still had a copy of the file; I just looked in the
CMU Computer Club's file archive (where I believe I'd gotten it
originally, about 12 years ago...), but it seems to be gone from there...
--Pat.
6:43 p.m.
New subject: Optical Mouse Pad
I had the same file somewhere but haven't been able to find it anywhere...
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Pat Barron wrote:
When I was at CMU, the optical mouse pads for the
Sun-2's and Sun-3's in
the public computing clusters were always going missing. So someone came
up with a PostScript file you could print that would make you a mousepad
on the LaserWriter.
They worked OK, though they did tend to get the mice fouled up with toner
and paper dust. Wish I still had a copy of the file; I just looked in the
CMU Computer Club's file archive (where I believe I'd gotten it
originally, about 12 years ago...), but it seems to be gone from there...
--Pat.
9 Apr
9 Apr
12:27 p.m.
New subject: Sun Mouse
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