pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram) (03/09/91)
From article <17776@milton.u.washington.edu>, by iho@cac.washington.edu (Il Oh): > Has anybody been able to get Spectre 3.0 to store the control > panel settings? The manual seems to imply that this should happen > automatically if you reformat your HD under 3.0, but my mouse speed > setting keeps going back to the brain-damaged ultra-slow setting > every time I turn it on. > > il It has to be an "oop" partition not the old "ack" one (bill the cat lives on at gadgets 8-). I also have problem, and haven't been able to raise gadgets (via the compuserve gateway). I figure these are trying times for D. Small and Co., so I'll ask it here. My ancient 520 has a mouse and keyboard problem under Spectre - the machine just loses the mouse unpredicably (no response on the screen) after a while, and of course, the keyboard is dead too. I have the GCR box and 2 more Megs of memory plugged in, so I figure the voltage to the keyboard could be low (haven't checked yet) or I could have a flakey IKBD processor. Anybody have any other guesses, possible fixes and/or experiences to relate? I don't want to buy a new keyboard processor only to find that my problem is elsewhere. If I have to replace my dinky external power supply (PS or PSU for the abbreviation inclined 8-), what's best? I have just gotten a new shoebox w/power for the disk drive, so don't suggest a PC case 8-). On the other hand, info on U.S. legal and well designed replacement cases (available in the U.S.A.) would be interesting. Remember, I *do not have an STFM* the power supply is external. thanks, Bob Pegram pegram@griffin.uvm.edu or ...!uvm-gen!pegram
iho@cac.washington.edu (Il Oh) (03/10/91)
pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram) writes: >, by iho@cac.washington.edu (Il Oh): >> Has anybody been able to get Spectre 3.0 to store the control >> panel settings? The manual seems to imply that this should happen >> automatically if you reformat your HD under 3.0, but my mouse speed >> setting keeps going back to the brain-damaged ultra-slow setting >> every time I turn it on. >> >> il > >It has to be an "oop" partition not the old "ack" one (bill the cat >lives on at gadgets 8-). The manual said that you just had to select "erase disk" from Finder to change an ACK partition to an OOP partition. I did that. I guess we'll wait until dsmall gets caught up a bit before hitting him with this question. -- "I'm sorry. | Il Hwan Oh If you were right, | University of Washington, Tacoma I would agree with you." | iho@cac.washington.edu -- Dr. Malcolm Sayer, _Awakenings_ |
pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram) (03/20/91)
From article <68295@brunix.UUCP>, by mjv@brownvm.brown.edu (Marshall Vale): > In article <1991Mar8.193900.3518@uvm.edu> pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. > Pegram) writes: > [stuff about mouse and keyboard freezing] > Before you go about replacing hardware, I'd recommend at least doing > a virus check with the latest version of Disinfectant (2.4 if I'm not > mistaken). Mouse freezes are the symptoms of some Mac viruses. > It can't hurt! > Marshall Thanks, but that problem is unlikely, if possible 8-). In any case, the mouse and keyboard problems have now appeared in regular ST mode. I got a new Ikbd processor from Best Electronics, but that hasn't helped. A reset *always* fixes things for a while, so I rather doubt that the keyboard connection is intermittent, it's hard to check! I am now gearing up to figure out which 6850 ACIA to remove and replace (I *did* get one from Best 8-). If I foul things up, it's a new STE for me 8-(). At least my trial run for desoldering, replacing the connector in my mouse, went well. I recommend the Radio Schnook desoldering iron 8-). A couple of interesting things came from my talks to the Best Electronics guy. One is that the Mega keyboard is almost a drop in fit for the original (external PS and floppies) 520ST, (same large connector) and is only a little more expensive to buy ($110 vs $90 8-). The other interesting thing is that there are two versions of the keyboard processor. I have an '85 ST, but luckily it used the later processor -002. If yours is a -001 version, you need a whole new keyboard if it goes bad (I _hope_ that version was only on the developer 520s, this is, after all, ancient history 8-). By the way, sorry if I have seemed unresponsive, but we lost our news feed here for most of last week 8-(. ciao, Bob Pegram pegram@griffin.uvm.edu or ...!uvm-gen!pegram