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Vintage (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago

The computer mouse I still use today has a ball in it

[-] deepus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

When was the last time you cleaned it out?

[-] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Earlier this week it stopped going up and down, only side to side. Had to clean some crap off the x-axis wheel.

[-] deepus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Good stuff, was imagining a 30 year old mouse with 30 year old crud! 🤮

[-] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Its 30 years old for sure, but its cleaned every other week or so!

[-] ScintillatingStruthio@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Given how fast crud accumulates and how much it impacts use, I don't think that would be usable, and probably wouldn't have been for some years.

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Me too. As a toolmaker and engineer, space mice were a thing. But they were stupidly expensive and still are. I was unwilling to spend the money for one. So I use a ball mouse and I still do for when I need to do serious CAD work these days-- designing my next model steam engine.