[SunHELP] Fwd: Pad 370-1663

[Robert Toegel]

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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