RSBONDI@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Richard S. Bondi) (07/17/90)
Have had following problem on two MacPluses: every time Mac is turned on, the mouse is on Very Slow setting. Setting to Fast in Control Panel works until the Mac is turned off and on again. Selecting Control Panel with commannd-option-shift doesn't help, nor does taking out battery for ten minutes. Can anyone tell me what is going on and how to make the Control Panel settings for the mouse stick? Thanks in advance.
stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) (07/17/90)
In article <11339@pucc.Princeton.EDU> RSBONDI@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes: >Have had following problem on two MacPluses: every time Mac is turned on, >the mouse is on Very Slow setting. Setting to Fast in Control Panel >works until the Mac is turned off and on again. Selecting Control >Panel with commannd-option-shift doesn't help, nor does taking out >battery for ten minutes. Can anyone tell me what is going on and how to >make the Control Panel settings for the mouse stick? Thanks in advance. Are the time and date correct on those machines? If not then maybe the battery that keeps all that stuff backed up when the Mac's turned off is dead. Or close to it. Another possibility is that the chip were all those setting are stored has gone bad... steve -- ____________________________________________________________________ Steve Christensen Internet: stevec@goofy.apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. AppleLink: CHRISTENSE1 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 81BB CompuServe: 76174,1712 Cupertino, CA 95014 phone: 408-974-4369 Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge. ____________________________________________________________________
anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson) (07/18/90)
From: RSBONDI@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Richard S. Bondi): ....>Can anyone tell me what is going on and how to >make the Control Panel settings for the mouse stick? >Thanks in advance. Your battery is most likely dead, and needs to be replaced. The battery keeps the parameter RAM alive, which is where your Control Panel settings are stored. --clark -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Clark Anderson InterNet: anderson@apple.com CPU Engineering AppleLink: C.ANDERSON Apple Computer, Inc BellNet: 408-974-4593 "I speak only for myself, much to my employer's relief..." -------------------------------------------------------------
jmeyer@uniol.UUCP (Jochen Meyer) (07/18/90)
RSBONDI@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Richard S. Bondi) writes: >Have had following problem on two MacPluses: every time Mac is turned on, >the mouse is on Very Slow setting. Setting to Fast in Control Panel >works until the Mac is turned off and on again. Selecting Control >Panel with commannd-option-shift doesn't help, nor does taking out >battery for ten minutes. Can anyone tell me what is going on and how to >make the Control Panel settings for the mouse stick? Thanks in advance. It sounds as if the battery for the pram is low. I also own a Mac Plus and I never had this problem. Perhaps your Mac has been unplugged for a longer time so that the battery has completely discharged? (By the way, does anyone out there know, how long the battery will last?) Disclaimer: All the usual thing plus: No guarantee etc for anyone misunderstanding me due to my wrong english :-) -- ************************************************************************** Jochen Meyer Tel. 0441 / 81994 (voice) inHouse: faustus@aragorn email: jmeyer@uniol.uucp bitnet: 527065@doluni1.bitnet
man@eilat.cs.brown.edu (Mark H. Nodine) (07/18/90)
In article <3109@uniol.UUCP>, jmeyer@uniol.UUCP (Jochen Meyer) writes: |>It sounds as if the battery for the pram is low. I also own a Mac Plus |>and I never had this problem. Perhaps your Mac has been unplugged for |>a longer time so that the battery has completely discharged? (By the |>way, does anyone out there know, how long the battery will last?) I'm still running off the original battery of my Mac 128 from March 1984. (The Mac is now a 2048Ke, but that's another story...) --Mark