cs00bd@unccvax.uncc.edu (brian daniels) (03/13/91)
I don't know if this will help anyone, but it sure
was an interesting experience....
Booted up my 1040st yesterday. Discovered serious case of
"drunk mouse syndrome" (it moves jumpily/randomly/wrong direction etc..)
Removed mouseball, cleaned rollers. Nope.
Unplugged and reconnected mouse. Nope.
Dissassembled and cleaned mouse. Nope.
{Panic begins}
Rebooted computer with blank known-virus-safe disk. Nope?!?
After thirty min of frustration/panic, resorted to Sherlock Holmes, i.e.;
"When you have removed the impossible, whatever remains, however
improbable, is the solution"
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.
So I guess my cordless will just have to be happy sitting on another
desk in the room.
All's well that ends well, I guess.
Later,
Brian
ps: This message has been sitting on my disk for two weeks waiting
for postnews to get fixed at this college. In the words of the computer
admin :NEWS is a very low priority item, provided to our users as
an added resource. Any problems with news pretty much fall
to the bottom of the priority queue.
Nothing like preparing students for a technological future...
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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"
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