[SunRescue] Re: Sun Mice

[Martin Frost]

Chris Powell wrote:

> >Someone also mentioned there was a postscript file floating around
> >somewhere that you could printout (which had grids on it) to use
> >as an optical mousepad.

> Yes, there was such a thing - for the Sun 3 large-pad optical mice. I
> could never get it to work! Perhaps the paper I used was not reflective
> enough.... I decided it was probably an April Fool.

We had someone here at work who claimed to have had workable results
photocopying an existing mousemat onto acetate and backing it with
aluminium foil...

--m