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From: consp22@bingsunf.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Problems with the Apple mouse (drifting cursor)...
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Date: 6 Feb 90 19:24:47 GMT
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>I've noticed something rather odd about my Apple Macintosh mouse.  If
>I position the cursor at the top of my screen and then move it quickly
>down and then to the right, lifting the mouse slightly above the pad
>as I do... the cursor will jet in a straight line to the right-hand
>side of the screen and stop.

Here is what is happenning:

	When the mouse is down on the table the ball inside the mouse is 
pushed up into the casing slightly so the ball comes into good contact with
the three rollers on the inside.  When you lift the mouse up off of the table,
the ball drops back down to rest directly on the retaining ring.  In the 
process of it falling down, it almost always rolls the rollers a little.
It usually produces a diagonal effect.

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