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From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Need help with mouse problem :-(
Message-ID: <907@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jul 90 09:02:00 GMT
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MERTENS@tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de writes:

>>>bought used:  the mouse  doesn't work in the horizontal direction.
>>>It's very strange, but no matter which way I move it, the cursor
>>>moves to the right.  The vertical axis is OK.  If I move the mouse

Sounds like "loose cable" to me:

the mouse sends four signals to the keyboard processor; two each for
horizontal and vertical movement.
Whether the cursor is to be moved left or right is determined by which
of the signals appears first.

If one wire has no contact to the connector, the other one will appear
as "first" to the keyboard processor all the time: the cursor moves in
one direction only.


Check all connections and plugs (inside the mouse and connector to ST)
for conection. If necessary, replace connectors or cables.

hase
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Hartmut Semken, Lupsteiner Weg 67, 1000 Berlin 37 hase@netmbx.UUCP
Hi! (Zaphod Beeblebrox)