[net.micro.mac] Losing the Mousie

bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) (01/04/86)

> One other thing, (this may be my hardware problem but I doubt it), is there
> a bug which causes the cursor to cease responding to mouse movement but
> leave Command keys functioning? I have lost count of the number of times,
> that I have had to reboot.(A 3 minute plus experience remember!)

Usually the symptom you describe is caused by screwing up the serial chip
from some piece of software or another.  Remember that Apple saved a few
bucks on inputs by using "spare" modem control lines on the serial chip as
mouse inputs...

					Bart Massey
					..tektronix!reed!bart