[SunRescue] Postscript mousepad found!

[Michael C. Vergallen]

There is a product on the market that transfers images on a like a
transparency sheet witch then creates a transfer image that can be applied
to a mirror or a piece of inox to create a pad.

Michael
---
Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, 
Sportstraat 28			http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/
B 9000 Gent			ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/
Belgium				tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976
			
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Kyle Freestone wrote:

> 
> > From: Richard Close <richardc at datel-rail.co.uk>
> > Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Postscript mousepad found!
> > Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:47:57 -0000
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Kyle Freestone [SMTP:kyle at rawah.co.larimer.co.us]
> > > Sent:	Monday, March 20, 2000 5:41 PM
> > > Subject:	Re: [SunRescue] Postscript mousepad found!
> > > 
> > > I've got a Type 5 here in my grubby little hand - if its blue and black
> > > I can't tell!  This is the original stainless steel from Sun and it
> > > *looks*
> > > like just a super fine black grid ~1/64" line spacing in both directions.
> > > I'm not sure how that compares to the type 3 or 4 
> > > ...just a FYI.
> > > 
> > 	[>]  Does it work with the paper mouse mat? Perhaps if it was
> > shrunken...
> > 
> > 	Richard.
> 
> 
> Well, I printed out the postscript mousepad located at 
> http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/sun3mousepad.html
> ...shrunk it down to 70% then again to 70% of that.
> its still not as fine as the original - but its close.
> I tried all three scales, ...it works at all three scales ...
> *sort of!*  the cursor does move, but performance SUCKS.
> Somebody had mentioned using a transparency and a mirror,
> that might improve things alot!  another FYI
> 
> Kyle
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Rescue maillist  -  Rescue at sunhelp.org
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
>