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- From: hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra)
- Subject: Re: Mouse wander - acceptable?
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- Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
- References: <1992Nov16.144927.4216@nntp.nta.no>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:07:14 GMT
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- otv@hal.nta.no (Oddvar Tveito FTO) writes:
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- >My ATARI dealer sold me a mouse for my STe 1040 which frequently starts
- >to wander around the screen by itself - without me touching the mouse.
- >The problem is of course that in some programs, if it pulls down a menu,
- >the program will not respond to keyboard inputs.
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- >My dealer tells me this is common to all non-atari mice, and is due to
- >"very strong signals from the mouse". In my opinion this has rather to do
- >with "very much noise from the mouse". Should I accept what he says, or
- >is this behavior of my mouse unacceptable? Any authorized opinions are
- >very much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-
- I'm no expert, but have a non-ST mouse myself and never had this problem.
- I personally wouldn't accept this (for what's that worth...:)
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- My .02...
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