Hi all,

As you've probably figured out, my computer is now fixed. Thanks go to
Don and Dave and a few others who gave me some advice about the various
Sun models. I decided to pick up another Ultra 2 and use the parts to
fix my machine. Worked out nice and cheap and now I have a selection of
spares for the future.

Bob, I've been meaning to e-mail you about the phase convertor project
but haven't got round to it yet. I'll be in touch soon.

Best wishes,

Chris

On 6 Feb 2006 14:00:13 -0800, Christopher Tidy wrote:
Hi all,

As you've probably figured out, my computer is now fixed. Thanks go to
Don and Dave and a few others who gave me some advice about the various
Sun models. I decided to pick up another Ultra 2 and use the parts to
fix my machine. Worked out nice and cheap and now I have a selection of
spares for the future.

Never hurts to have more spares. Well, until you need to find them,
that is.

"Dave Hinz" wrote: Never hurts to have more spares. (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Check Dave Newell's post. He has some old tubes he may want to sell. ;-)

"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
...

"Dave Hinz" wrote: Never hurts to have more spares. (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Check Dave Newell's post. He has some old tubes he may want to sell. ;-)


Don't laugh, there's some high-end sound card that uses "Fire Bottles".

Well, now I broke it again. Damn! I was tired...my mug of coffee
teetered and slowly tipped onto the keyboard. The keyboard survived but
the mouse only works in the vertical direction. Now I'm glad I kept all
those Sun keyboards and mice. Back to using one of those Sun optical
mice until my mechanical mouse dries out. Those old optical mice once
looked the coolest things ever, and still look cool. Pity the pads
slide around on the desk. I might have to fix this with some stick-on
rubber feet.

Chris

On 7 Feb 2006 13:22:50 -0800, Christopher Tidy wrote:
Well, now I broke it again. Damn! I was tired...my mug of coffee
teetered and slowly tipped onto the keyboard. The keyboard survived but
the mouse only works in the vertical direction.

Waitaminute. Are you telling me, that Sun, of all people, make a mouse
that isn't Java Compatible?

Pity the pads
slide around on the desk. I might have to fix this with some stick-on
rubber feet.

Rough it up with some 80-grit or so sandpaper. (the rubber pads, not the
desk). If that doesn't do, I may still have a stack of those, I'd have
to check.

Dave

Nice pun. Didn't Sun once make some pizza box style machine which was
nicknamed "Mr Coffee"? As I recall it almost matched SGI in terms of
great colours, but not quite?

I don't think roughing up the pads will do much: they're foam. I've
been meaning to buy a big pack of rubber feet for a while, so when I do
I'll use some of those.

Best wishes,

Chris

Christopher Tidy wrote:

Nice pun. Didn't Sun once make some pizza box style machine which was
nicknamed "Mr Coffee"? As I recall it almost matched SGI in terms of
great colours, but not quite?

I don't think roughing up the pads will do much: they're foam. I've
been meaning to buy a big pack of rubber feet for a while, so when I do
I'll use some of those.

Best wishes,

Chris


For what it's worth...

I use a piece of 1/4" plywood that has been well varnished and sanded
smooth. It works beautifully and reduces mouse droppings (on the ball)
to a minimum.

Those foam pads tend to accumulate a lot of junk.

Richard

Ah, there's been a slight misunderstanding here! The foam is on the
bottom of my aluminium mouse pad. It's one of those which has a
graticule engraved on the surface.

Chris

According to Christopher Tidy :
Ah, there's been a slight misunderstanding here! The foam is on the
bottom of my aluminium mouse pad. It's one of those which has a
graticule engraved on the surface.

And -- the older styles of these, if the pad is rotated 90
degrees, will make the mouse appear to be broken. it will work in one
axis, but not in the other. (People who knew this used to use it to
"reserve" a workstation in a college computer lab. :-)

This works with the older mice with two "holes". The newer
ones, with only a single hole require a different mousepad, and there is
a Sun logo in one corner of these.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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DoN. Nichols wrote:
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This works with the older mice with two "holes". The newer
ones, with only a single hole require a different mousepad, and there is
a Sun logo in one corner of these.

Yes, I've got the single hole kind. I like the design. If only the pad
didn't slide around on my desk. I might glue a sheet of rubber to the
base.

Chris

According to Christopher Tidy :
DoN. Nichols wrote:
snip
This works with the older mice with two "holes". The newer
ones, with only a single hole require a different mousepad, and there is
a Sun logo in one corner of these.

Yes, I've got the single hole kind. I like the design. If only the pad
didn't slide around on my desk. I might glue a sheet of rubber to the
base.

I've stuck velcro to the back of one, and to a round leather
object about 5" diameter made of two pieces of leather stitched together
and filled with lead shot (a desk paperweight, I think) to make it
somewhat stable on the arm of my Lay-Z-Boy chair, which is where I
normally use the computer, with the keyboard in my lap.

Right now, I'm using one of the ball-type sun mice directly on
the upholstery, and amazingly enough, it seems to not clog up with cat
hair, even with both cats in full shed mode at the moment.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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