Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u35828 From: U35828@uicvm.uic.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Subject: Re: Ibm PS/2 Model 50 Clock and Mouse Problems Message-ID: <91170.164907U35828@uicvm.uic.edu> Date: 19 Jun 91 21:49:05 GMT References: <1991Jun19.165223.15297@ms.uky.edu> Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Lines: 27 In article <1991Jun19.165223.15297@ms.uky.edu>, aaronh@ms.uky.edu (Aaron Herskowitz) says: > >I own an IBM PS/2 Model 50-021 (the first release of the Model 50,) >and I have problems with my clock not keeping the correct time for >very long. Everytime I reset it, it only stays correct for a short >time (1 week.) > >Also, I have problems with my IBM 2-button mouse that I purchased with the >computer. It works with some programs, but others (like MicroSoft >Word,) it seems to get stuck and freaks the whole program out to a >point where I have to quit. It is not the mouse buttons sticking I >don't think, but possibly a port problem or even software/mouse driver >problem. > I've been having similar problems with my PS/2 Model 30-286 (bios version 06/28/89). Every every couple of months or so, I would get the incorrect date and time. My mouse would do the goofy trick that you described, but it does it under Windows 3.0. The only way I could correct this is by running Norton SI from Windows. John Serrano-Bitnet: , Internet: Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No Mister Bond, I expect you to die!"