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Offline Tenacious

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Re: Project: Optical tank mouse
« on: September 18, 2013, 10:04:19 PM »
Quote from: salax54;748320

If what you want is to use it with an Amiga, you'd either have to find a way to fit something like a cocolino inside the mouse...  


Not a bad idea.

The tank mouse also had inexpensive contacts for the mouse buttons.  After mine wore out, I tried to replace them with clicky micro switches.  It seems straightforward, but matching the heights and location of the actuating nub was difficult.  My repaired mouse never had a good 'feel'.
 

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Re: Project: Optical tank mouse
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2013, 02:34:02 AM »
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Did you change to another kind of switches? Then I can understand if you had problems. I changed both switches in my mouse and I changed it to the very same kind of switch and I never had any problems with the mouse since then.


No, I didn't, couldn't find them.  You see the point, though.  The mechanical relationships for the buttons are surprisingly precise.