pfluegerm@gtephxgtephx.UUCP (Mike Pflueger) (06/24/89)
I'm having trouble changing the mouse speed with the mouse CDEV. I had powered down my Mac Plus and removed the battery (for up to 3 hours). Upon reinstalling the battery, powering up the mac and resetting all PRAM info, everything works OK except the "mouse tracking" comes up set to "tablet". When I click any of the other (faster) settings, the radio button highlights, but has no effect on mouse speed. Closinbg and reopening the mouse CDEV and/or control panel has no effect; when I reopen the mouse CDEV, the speed is invariably reset to "tablet". The "PRAM write successful" flag is always set after attempting this. Note that the "double click" speed works OK. Yes, I've also tried replacing the mouse CDEV with an original, but to no avail. PRAM also seems to be OK, as I go in thru MacsBug and set the corresponding bits to the mouse speed I want (@ $208). The mouse tracking changes accordingly, and looking at the mouse CDEV, the correct setting is shown. But if I try to change it thru the CDEV, it won't change. By the way, the hack is saved in PRAM. I've also tried all of this with the old "mouse scaling" bit set both ways (via MacsBug) to no avail. By the way (APPLE, or someone), is the mouse scaling bit functional anymore? My understanding is that this acts as an "accelerator" setting, with the cursor moving faster or slower depending on acceleration (dv/dt), not velocity, of the mouse. Seems that it would be very desirable to still provide this function. This is with a Mac Plus, system 6.0.2/Finder 6.0, mouse and general CDEVs are 3.3.1, and Control Panel is 3.3.1. Thanks in advance Mike Pflueger @ pfluegerm @ AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, AZ 602-582-7049
pfluegerm@gtephxgtephx.UUCP (Mike Pflueger) (07/15/89)
I'm having trouble changing the mouse speed with the mouse CDEV. Anyone else had this problem? I had disconnected AC from my Mac Plus and removed the battery (up to 3 hours). Upon reinstalling the battery, powering up the Mac and resetting all PRAM info, everything works OK except the "mouse tracking" comes up set to "tablet". When I click any of the other (faster) settings, the radio button highlights, but has no effect on mouse speed. Closing and reopening the mouse CDEV and/or control panel has no effect; when I reopen the mouse CDEV, the speed is invariably reset to "tablet". The "PRAM write successful" flag is always set after attempting this. Note that the "double click" speed works OK. Yes, I've also tried replacing the mouse CDEV with an original, but to no avail. PRAM also seems to be OK; when I go in thru MacsBug and set the corresponding bits to the mouse speed I want (@ $208). The mouse tracking changes accordingly. Subsequently, in the mouse CDEV, the correct setting is shown. But if I then try to change it thru the CDEV, it still won't change. :( The hack DOES get saved in PRAM. :) Also the "reset PRAM" capability of holding down option & command keys while opening control panel must be only in ROM on the newer Macs (not patched in system/finder) as this also doesn't work on the Plus. I've also tried all of this with the old "mouse scaling" bit set both ways (via MacsBug) to no avail. Does anyone (e.g. APPLE) know; is the mouse scaling bit functional any more? My understanding is that this acted as an "accelerator" setting, with the cursor moving faster or slower depending on acceleration (dv/dt), of the mouse. Seems that it would be very desirable to still provide this function. Configuration: Mac Plus, system 6.0.2/Finder 6.1, mouse and general CDEVs are 3.3.1, and Control Panel is 3.3.1. And yes, all system files are fresh off an Apple System Disk. Thanks in advance Mike Pflueger @ AG Communication Systems (formerly GTE), Phoenix, AZ 602-582-7049 (work) WD8KPZ @ N7IJI UUCP : ...!ames!ncar!noao!asuvax!gtephx!pfluegerm
dudevoir@isl.Stanford.EDU (Glen P. Dudevoir) (07/16/89)
Do you have Stepping Out? If so, try removing it from the system folder and rebooting. I have observed the same problem on a machine that did have Stepping Out. Glen (dudevoir@isl.stanford.edu)