Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!jonh!jhenders From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: MicroSoft mouse Keywords: mouse Message-ID: Date: 15 Nov 90 14:10:00 GMT References: <1990Nov14.182501.21513@cbnewsm.att.com> <1154@ssp18.idca.tds.philips.nl> <1990Nov13.172158.23415@ecst.csuchico.edu> Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Distribution: comp Lines: 32 X-Version: Martin's Mailer Version Sep 07 1990 23:50:52 In <1990Nov14.182501.21513@cbnewsm.att.com>, william.a.oswald writes: >STUFF DELETED >Does anyone in net land have any first hand knowledge of the Golden >Image Optical Mouse. Is it better then the BEST mouse etc. > >Thanks >Bill Oswald >aloft!wao I bought the Golden Image mouse after my fourth Atari mouse went uncontrollably berserk. I like it a lot. It was difficult to get used to at first. It sends pulses so fast the keyboard chip can get confused and the mouse pointer won't go where you tell it too. It takes a while to get the feel right. I don't know how many people have had trouble with the ST Mouse, but a friend of mine who works for Triuf here in BC has found the problem for one common problem. If the mouse slowly starts to lose one direction ( refuse to go left in all the mice I've had) it is caused by the opto- transistor's bias wandering from spec.( cheap part ). The biasing resistor for that transistor can be replaced with one with a slightly different resistance, and the mouse will work again for a while until the transistor deteriorates further. I kept my last mouse working for about six extra months by increasing the resistance when it started to screw up again. If there's sufficient interest,I'll try to get my friend to work up a file describing the fix. Interestingly enough, this only seems to happen with the Tiawanese mice. Two people I know have the Japanese and German mice and they haven't had any problems. Both of thtose mice are 3+ years old. -- John Henders jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Vancouver,B.C. or jhenders@wimsey.bc.ca or ubc.cs!van-bc!jonh!jhenders