jvl@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (J. van Loenen) (12/10/90)
Hi, I recently bought a new mouse. (For the people in the Netherlands: the ACN mouse, bought on the HCC days a week ago). The mouse looks very similar to the microsoft mouse, but is a little bit larger. Also the left button is twice as big as the right one. It has a very long tail. (about 1.5 meters). At the backside the following can be read: "mouse for the Atari 520ST and 1040ST". Now my problem: Sometimes (about once in 5 minutes) the cursor starts moving while the mouse is not touched! Most of the time it starts moving to the right, shifting about 1cm / sec. I sure the table is stable enough. The cable does not lie close to a transformer and/or electrifical equipment. I have never had such problems with my original atari mouse. Has anyone seen such mouse behaviour before? Or does anyone even has a solution or idea about this? Any help/tips/ideas are welcome, thanks in advance, Jan (Please respond by email if possible, I'll summarize). Jan van Loenen Internet jvl@idca.tds.philips.nl Philips Information Systems UUCP ....!mcvax!philapd!jvl
schultzd@kira.uucp (David Schultz) (12/13/90)
I have problems with an Atari mouse. Usually at boot time. It drifts off the right side of the screen. I use alt+ cursor keys to manually move the mouse and it pops up on the left. I unplug/replug the mouse and everything works fine. NOTE: This happens NO MORE than once a month. -- ----- David W. Schultz ----- ----- uunet!frith!schultzd ----- ----- Work Phone: (517)-353-8891 ----- -- "Since my opinions are mine, I won't tell you who I work for." --
stevendd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Doug Stevens) (12/13/90)
The same thing happens to me, I usually just wiggle the mouse plug and I regain control. I guess after time the contacts start to go bad. You could try cleaning the contacts if it bothers you. -Doug
whoffman@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Walt Hoffman) (12/15/90)
I found the vibration from my hard drive system is just enough to send my mouse
scurrying to the side if I happen to leave my mouse _just_ right. I can't seem
to set it up to repeat the action but just *lifting* the mouse stops it right
away.
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