Re: Opening an Apple mouse?

["Simon D. Williams" <email@ld8.org>]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a mouse I was going to share between a 128k Mac and an Apple IIe
> but I seem to have an issue... it only reads up and down, but not left
> and right. The ball and rollers are clean, but when I removed the one
> screw and tilted it open slightly I saw that it has a load of dust balls
> inside it... but I can't get it to pop open the rest of the way... is
> there something I'm missing here?

Some of the early Mac mice aren't compatible with the Apple II or vice
versa, due to having been made differently by different suppliers... I
know there has been some discussion here about it in the past, so you
could try googling the group. I know from expereince that the one-way
operation is one of the symptoms.
As far as taking it apart goes, the closest one I could find has two
screws underneath, where the cable enters the case... after taking out
both screws the case comes apart about 1/2 inch at the cable end, then
you have to slide the bottom out toward the cable. I imagine yours is
much the same... maybe if it's quite full of lint that might be
preventing it form coming apart... try digging it out with long
tweezers or something...