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From: pl@etana.tut.fi (Lehtinen Pertti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Why don't screen blankers watch *both* mouse ports?
Message-ID: <7268@etana.tut.fi>
Date: 30 May 89 12:43:57 GMT
References: <40614@bbn.COM>
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From article <40614@bbn.COM>, by cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell):
> Just curious: why do most screen blankers (at least including dmouse,
> pyro and one other which I forget now) watch ONLY the kbd and first mouse
> port?   Would watching both of the mouse ports be that much harder?
>   [yes, I keep getting bitten by it... :-(]

	I get bitten by the fact that some mouse blankers don't
	notice mouse moves made from keyboard, so using machine
	without mouse (this time with broken mouse) it 
	causes problems.
	It's nasty to search for menu with invisible pointer.


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