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- From: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson)
- Subject: Re: Mouse wander - acceptable?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.164148.13927@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <1992Nov16.144927.4216@nntp.nta.no>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:41:48 GMT
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- In article 4216@nntp.nta.no, otv@hal.nta.no (Oddvar Tveito FTO) writes:
- >My ATARI dealer sold me a mouse for my STe 1040 which frequently starts
- >to wander around the screen by itself - without me touching the mouse.
- >The problem is of course that in some programs, if it pulls down a menu,
- >the program will not respond to keyboard inputs.
- >
- >My dealer tells me this is common to all non-atari mice, and is due to
- >"very strong signals from the mouse". In my opinion this has rather to do
- >with "very much noise from the mouse". Should I accept what he says, or
- >is this behavior of my mouse unacceptable? Any authorized opinions are
- >very much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-
- Well, mine is not an "authorized" opinion, but an "opinonated" one, anyway. :)
-
- Sorry, I don't buy your dealer's explanation. I've used a couple of third
- party mice on the Atari and none have exhibited this behavior. If you are
- running some kind of screen accelerator that also speeds up mouse input, you
- might try disabling that. If that doesn't work, get a refund, a new mouse,
- and/or a new dealer.
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- ___________________________ John "HUTCH" Hutchinson _________________________
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