stu892103@gcc.uucp (Mr. Fantasy) (03/20/91)
In article <3258@unccvax.uncc.edu>, cs00bd@unccvax.uncc.edu (brian daniels) writes: > Booted up my 1040st yesterday. Discovered serious case of > "drunk mouse syndrome" (it moves jumpily/randomly/wrong direction etc..) > [misc. deleted] > Removed new (just bought and installed that morning) Panasonic cordless > phone from the desk that the atari resides on. > Mouse sobered up instantly. > > Apparently the keyboard controller chip is not fond of nearby radio > transmitters. > [misc. deleted] > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Reality is what YOU make of it. Brian Daniels (cs00bd@unccvax.uncc.edu) > "My opinions are mine and do not represent those of my host computer" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howdy, I have also had a slightly similar experience. It all started when I got my Supercharger [IBM emulator, for those who don't know] a couple of months ago. I set it up and had been messing around with running different things and getting everything right and everything (other than some Supercharger problems) was going along pretty smoothly. Then, I heard the portable phone ring. I got up from the ST commanders chair and went to answer the phone. (You know that the portable phone is never where you need it.) When I found the phone, it was in it's base in the next room, and nobody was on the line. Ok, I thought, whatever. Being smart, I left the phone in the other room and went back to the trusty ST. I was using the mouse with an IBM program and about 10 minutes later the phone rang again, but I noticed that it sounded a bit strange. I answered it again and nobody was there, again. Not long afterwards I discovered the problem, because it continued to get worse. When I would move the mouse, the phone would start it's nice shrill ringing. This became CONSTANT, whenever I would move the mouse. I thought that it was the Supercharger along w/the mouse because it had never happened before that. I guess that it could have been the mouse alone, though. Also, the fact that my 1040 now has so many cables running out of it that it resembles a mutant octopus may have contributed to the problem. My solution is to shut the phone off. It only happens at seemingly random intervals and not that often. I think that the phone base is the key, as I have not relocated it and the phone will start whining no matter where the phone happens to be. Well, that's my story...watch this space for more stories. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven J. Greer | UUCP: ...!pitt!edinboro!gcc!stu892103 School:Box 2444 | INTERNET: stu892103%gcc@edinboro.edu Grove City College |=============================================== Grove City, PA 16127 |I LOVE | ................................| ||| |"It is unwise to meddle in the affairs Home:--Box 25, Main St. | / | \ | of wizards." Volant, PA 16156-0025 | ATARI | -J.R.R. TOLKIEN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------