> On Oct 26, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On Oct 26, 2021, at 7:45 AM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 2:43 AM r.stricklin via cctech
>> <cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>> https://www.ebay.com/sch/xi_jinping/m.html?item=334195034340&hash=item4dcf9388e4%3Ag%3Ar%7EcAAOSwFVhhd12t&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
>>>
>>> Hadn't realized before that there were Sun-2 mice which weren't black (were
>>> white/beige). I know some folks are looking.
>>
>> I am in need of a Sun3 mouse but that one looks like it got pulled out
>> from under the porch.
>>
>> -etha
>
> It doesn’t really look any worse than the “hockey puck” mouse that’s now on
> my VAXstation 4000/90 did, before I cleaned it up. Not sure where I got that
> mouse from, I’ve probably had it for 20+ years, especially given where I
> found it a few months ago, when I went looking for one. It was disgusting
> enough that I didn’t really want to touch it. The cleaner mouse didn’t work.
FWIW: I don't know what the brown color comes from in this case, but I've in
the past cleaned up some electronics that was badly encrusted with tobacco
smoke residue. A very effective cleaner for that is Windex, which is also
quite mild and unlikely to harm any plastics. At an earlier time I used
alcohol, which worked too but badly messed up a plexiglass display cover on the
device in question. Plexiglass is odd that way, it's one of the few plastics
that is damaged by ethanol.
paul
