I bought one of those for my son several years ago for a holiday present, and I wanted the boots-OS9 version. It was a bit of work to make sure I got the correct version at a decent price. I gave up on quite a few sellers who either couldn't or wouldn't bother to check the distinguishing characteristics of their offerings.
As it turned out, I ended up getting it from a very nice lady, at a reasonable price and she still had the original box and all the accessories in good condition -- except that $%^%&^% mouse. I don't remember what that model of mouse is called -- it's the wired clear one with a white (or black) interior. The cable wears out where it enters the mouse. There are many web pages devoted to it and possible repair. However, to effect a repair, one must cut or break either plastic or glued joints. There's no elegant way to open the thing.
And they *all* seem to develop this problem. On the original Mac Mouse Apple knew about cable strain relief. Somewhere along the way they forgot.
Oh, but I digress. She sent the mouse, so the exception wasn't her having it, the exception was the mouse being in good condition. It was fine for about a year, and then it developed the above problem. For a long time I thought the USB bus was screwy, or maybe the system was overheating, because it seemed like I the mouse would just stop working and I often had to reboot the whole system to get it working again.
Fortunately, I didn't tear into the system, and eventually figured out that the problem was all in the mouse. I gave my son a mouse from a Matias bundle as a temporary fix, while I sourced a replacement clear mouse, but he liked the Matias mouse so much I never got it back from him.
As it turned out, I ended up getting it from a very nice lady, at a reasonable price and she still had the original box and all the accessories in good condition -- except that $%^%&^% mouse. I don't remember what that model of mouse is called -- it's the wired clear one with a white (or black) interior. The cable wears out where it enters the mouse. There are many web pages devoted to it and possible repair. However, to effect a repair, one must cut or break either plastic or glued joints. There's no elegant way to open the thing.
And they *all* seem to develop this problem. On the original Mac Mouse Apple knew about cable strain relief. Somewhere along the way they forgot.
Oh, but I digress. She sent the mouse, so the exception wasn't her having it, the exception was the mouse being in good condition. It was fine for about a year, and then it developed the above problem. For a long time I thought the USB bus was screwy, or maybe the system was overheating, because it seemed like I the mouse would just stop working and I often had to reboot the whole system to get it working again.
Fortunately, I didn't tear into the system, and eventually figured out that the problem was all in the mouse. I gave my son a mouse from a Matias bundle as a temporary fix, while I sourced a replacement clear mouse, but he liked the Matias mouse so much I never got it back from him.