Mouse systems M4 Optical Mouse

[Teo Zenios]

I have a Mouse Systems M4 model optical mouse that came with my Amiga 3000 but does not have the special mousepad needed for it, any way to fake one of those pads?
The only other available mouse I have is for the A1000 and has an angled connector that won't fit unless I jack the A3000 case up a few inches.

How well did the M4s work anyway? I did plug it in to my machine and the buttons seem to work but I could not find a printed patterrn that would make the cursor do anything but barely move (The red LED does light up). I tend to like optical mice so this would be cool to have functioning.