[SunHELP] Fwd: Pad 370-1663

[Betsy Schwartz]

This guy has an extreme closeup of an old optical mouse pad; it isn't a Sun
pad but I believe the Sun ones worked on the same principle. They had to be
in the correct orientation
http://kuzyatech.com/optical-mouse-the-old-way

I've also seen those mice work (not well) against medium-faded blue jeans ,
which have the same pattern of darker lines running one way.

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 6:43 PM Robert Toegel <rjtoegel at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you can't find one or need (really need) to have one, try a piece of
> galvanized sheet metal like for hot air ducts.  I did years ago until I
> obtained the correct pad.  The cursor moved like a drunken sailor but it
> works in a pinch.  Bob
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 14:03 Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net> wrote:
>
> > This is the Mouse Systems mouse with the metal pad with the
> > screen-printed superfine array of little tiny triangles (if you looked
> > at it closely)?
> >
> > There used to be a file floating around that would generate a working
> > printout of those on a Postscript laser printer.  I no longer have it,
> > and a search attempt has so far failed to turn it up.  The pads are as
> > rare as hens' teeth now because they were somewhat fragile, haven't been
> > made on over 20 years, and mostly got thrown out when the systems they
> > came with were decommissioned, by people who couldn't imagine that a
> > mere mouse pad would ever be inportant to anyone.
> >
> > Good luck finding one.  But with a diligent search, you MIGHT find the
> > right file.  It has been known to work when printed on heavyweight
> > gloss-coated paper using a 600dpi color laser printer, but as you'd
> > expect, is not very durable.
> >
> >
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