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From: guest@dsrgsun.CES.CWRU.Edu (Brad T. Banko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mouse behaving strangely...
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Date: 28 Jan 89 19:28:16 GMT
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In article <959@gmdzi.UUCP> kloppen@gmdzi.UUCP (Jelske Kloppenburg) writes:
>From article <89Jan14.050812est.38521@neat.ai.toronto.edu>, by shao@ai.toronto.edu (Sherwin Shao):
>> 
>> .....
>> 	2. Attempts to move the mouse pointer left causes problems.
>> 	   It does not scroll smoothly, and often seems to be 'blocked'.
>> .....
>
>When my mouse behaves like that, I get the ball out and clean it with
>dish washing liquid.
>
>kloppenburg@kmx.gmd.dbp.de
>kloppen@gmdzi.uucp

glibness aside... i had a similar problem with my 1040ST's mouse after
only about 3 months of use... (the ball was clean... i checked all of the
obvious problems).  i blame it on a shoddy design of the electronics
inside that mouse which was stamped "made in taiwan"... i sent it back to
atari and asked for a replacement, and they complied, but this was a 
similar mouse "made in taiwan", and RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX i had the same
problem.  In the meantime, I had ordered a replacement mouse from a
mail order house (send me mail, and I will recommend them to you).
This replacement mouse ($50) was "made in japan", and was of a very
simple design inside.  It has worked fine for the past year or so.

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SEND ME MAIL AT "banko@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu"

Good luck.

Brad Banko
Columbus, Ohio  USA