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- From: marc@targon.UUCP (Marc Dierikx)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Mouse wander - acceptable?
- Message-ID: <2703@targon.UUCP>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 07:37:39 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.144927.4216@nntp.nta.no>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st
- Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Infosyst.,PO 29, 4130 EA Vianen, Netherlands.
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- In article <1992Nov16.144927.4216@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!
- >
- >- Oddvar Tveito (e-mail: otv@nta.no)
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- I've once read in a dutch magazine about Genius mice having this
- problem. The solution to it was a minor modification of the mouse.
- I might be able to dig it up somewhere...
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