[Coco] Amusing computer story only slightly off topic

[Juan Castro]

Thanks people for reminding me... my M$ mouse has been acting up.
Screwdriver time.

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Bruce W. Calkins
<brucewcalkins at charter.net> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Heskett"
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>> On Tuesday 11 September 2012 11:27:58 Robert Gault did opine:
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>>> In the last two days I've been having mouse pointer freezes on my PC.
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>>> Anyone remember what happens on a Coco when you inadvertently place a
>>> heavy object on the joystick so that a button gets pushed. The Coco
>>> will freeze up. :)
>>>
>>> Now, how many of you have purchased a new mouse when all you had to do
>>> was clean it?
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>> I can nearly match that Robert.  My logitech optical wireless mouse kept
>> getting slower and slower until I was needing a 2 foot by 2 foot pad to
>> run
>> it.  Then I also noticed that one of the little glued on polycarbonate
>> feet
>> sliders was laying on the desk,
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>> So if your optical mouse is getting slow, check & see how many feet it has
>> left.
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>> Cheers, Gene
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> I have had problems with my optical mouse not responding and a jumping
> curser.  I then find a jumble of dog hairs in the optical port's recess.
> Pulling the hairs out with tweezers returns it to service in short order.  I
> never had any problems with the Tandy mouse, with that big steel ball
> holding it down.
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> Bruce W.
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