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From: CAH0@bunny.gte.com (Chuck Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: jumpy mouse pointer
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Date: 4 Jan 91 20:37:15 GMT
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In article <14264@june.cs.washington.edu> tmccabe@cs.washington.edu (Tom 
McCabe) writes:
> My mouse pointer recently started making small, unexpected jumps
> horizontally when I move it.

I had the same problem, and posted to this net about it.  There are at 
least *four* different designs of mouse.  The one with my IIcx failed at 
about 6 months.  I got lots of advice about cleaning, etc., and brought it 
to an authorized Mac dealer.  The dealer *did not mention* to me that it 
was on warantee, and tried to sell me a new one (over $100), saying I 
could get something for the the old one in trade (right, the dealer would 
have just sent the old one back in to Apple for a freebie new one for 
himself).  The solution was that another authorized dealer took the old 
one from me and replaced it with a new one of a different design.  No 
problems.

I just got a IIsi, and, sigh, its mouse is of the design of the one that 
failed on my IIcx.  Now, at least, I will know which dealer to go to.
-Chuck


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