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From: fleishman-glenn@CS.YALE.EDU (Glenn Fleishman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Cursor only moves vertically.  Why?
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Date: 21 Apr 88 22:19:31 GMT
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In article <1624@lll-lcc.aRpA> gp@lll-lcc.aRpA (George Pavel) writes:
>Recently I experienced a crash on my Mac Plus with System 4.1 and Finder 5.3.
>After rebooting, the cursor would only respond to vertical movements of the
>mouse ( not a very useful situation). ... 
>Further experimentation shows that this vertical-only mode happens on most
>reboots but not all; if I try long enough, I get full cursor control...
>George Pavel
>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
>P.O. Box 808  L-68				(was gp@lll-lcc.arpa)
>Livermore, CA 94550			Internet: gp@lll-lcc.llnl.gov
>(415)422-4262				UUCP: ihnp4!lll-lcc!gp

I hate to ask an obvious question, but did you try a different mouse
with the system? Failing that, did you try cleaning your mouse? Did you
try checking to see whether your battery had failed, and the mouse settings
stored with the newer systems (4.1 and later) were causing problems? I
hope none of these suggestions insult the intelligence with their
obviousness, but any of them have the potential to have caused the problem.


Glenn I. Fleishman, graphic designer & Mac apologist
FLEGLEI@YALEVM.BITNET or through r/Reply  
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