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From: kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Why can't we speed up the mouse?
Message-ID: <291@lloyd.camex.uucp>
Date: 29 Dec 88 18:13:05 GMT
References: <8855@ut-emx.UUCP> <288@lloyd.camex.uucp> <66092@ti-csl.CSNET>
Reply-To: kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg)
Organization: Camex, Inc., Boston, Mass USA
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In article <66092@ti-csl.CSNET> holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander) writes:
>In article <288@lloyd.camex.uucp> kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg) writes:
>>In article <8855@ut-emx.UUCP> osmigo@ut-emx.UUCP writes:
>
>[Stuff you already read deleted - suggested higher resolution mouse]
>
>I think it would suffice if we could "turn on" the 8x magnification earlier
>than can be done using the settings in the current mouse CDEV.  There is a
>commercial product that does this for around $50.  It shouldn't be hard to

Pull out your trusty copy of ResEdit (assume usual disclaimers about
using ResEdit at your own risk, never on an orignial file, etc.), and
notice that the system file (6.0.2 in my case) has 4 resources of the
type "mcky", also notice that the mouse portion of the control panel
has 4 mouse positions in addition to the linear (tablet) setting.

Seems a reasonable guess that these might have something to do with
mouse tracking.  Brave people may want to experiment.  Let us know
what you find.  (Does anybody have a ResEdit template for "mcky"
resources?)

Kent Borg
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