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| Epic $5 mouse conquest: NEW Mouse Systems ADB Optical Mouse! | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2013-03-29 18:32:52 Check out what I found at WeirdStuff! I was lamenting having sold a lot of stuff lately to make ends meet, but I thought I'd swing by Weird Stuff. You never know what they have. Hadn't been there in about 5 months. Was moping around when the optical mouse pad popped out at me. Then the words "for Apple computer." Woo! Please be cheap! $5! Woot! ADB version?! Yep! Still shrink wrapped! 😀 Just tried it out, and man is this smooth. Nice, soft, smooth felt on a shiny metal pad. 😎 I looks like an Apple mouse on a diet.   | |
| Posted by: JRL1511844959 on 2013-03-29 18:38:20 Nice grab! I really need to swing by Weird Stuff again. | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2013-03-29 18:59:33 I also saw a shrink wrapped LC Ethernet card there for $5, but I already have one. Since I was last there, though, they did a lot of house cleaning in the back. A lot of stuff that was on my "eh, maybe sometime later" is now gone. However, I suspect they'll be adding in more stuff to shuffle through. This mouse is a great example. 🙂 | |
| Posted by: Brooklyn on 2013-03-29 22:55:46 I love these mouses, I have the larger adb version, but my optical mouse pad is worn. Was there any more there? | |
| Posted by: Juror22 on 2013-03-30 09:45:25 I had a Sun optical mouse that used one of those same kind of pads, they were very nice at the time. I'm glad you found this, nice score! :b&w: | |
| Posted by: uniserver on 2013-03-30 09:58:00 awesome | |
| Posted by: waynestewart on 2013-03-30 10:15:32 Nice. I acquired a couple of those over the years but without the special mousepad without which they're pretty much unusable | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2013-03-30 13:04:36 That was the only mouse I could find there. However, if you need an optical mouse pad, they have quite a few Sun versions. Might work with your mice. | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2013-03-30 13:45:31 Mouse Systems made those mice for SUN and they had an Amiga version as well (same type of mirror metal mousepads with lines). | |
| Posted by: MinerAl on 2013-03-30 20:33:44 The mouse pads worked for both the Sun and ADB versions. If you have the ADB version and can find a Sun pad you're fine. | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2013-04-02 08:47:50 Probably the same mouse pad then. If anyone needs one or a replacement, let me know. Weird Stuff is on my way home, I could pick up a few optical pads. | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-04-02 09:19:48 Check for more $10 & under LC 10baseT Cards if you would. Looks like I may need them for a BrickOven/NetBSD/CodeCookerCube. 😉 NICE rodent conquest, BTW. :approve: | |
| Posted by: CelGen on 2013-04-03 21:42:09 If you have a laser printer, there is a PDF floating around of an alternate pattern you print to a piece of transparency and glue tinfoil to one side. It works flawlessly as a replacement for a real mousepad. You could probably even print a new mousepad if you can find someone who can print to a sheet of polished metal. | |
| Posted by: MinerAl on 2013-04-04 19:37:33 You could try a straight edge and a sharpie on a mirror. | |
| Posted by: Compgeke on 2013-04-05 12:54:26 I've heard printing a grid and placing it in a plastic sheet protector, or laminating it, works. I have the old 25-pin serial PC version somewhere without pad or power cord, so I've never tested it, never had a use either as it came with a PC-6300 I got and it only runs DOS anyways. | |
| Posted by: CC_333 on 2013-04-05 13:40:43 Hi, I think I actually have one of those mouse "pads". It's metal with a pattern of lines printed on it, right? I have no use for it, so if anyone wants it, let me know! c | |
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