[Coco] Amusing computer story only slightly off topic

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

A few months back I also removed a lot of felt from my logitech optical 
wireless trackball and have had to clean my wired trackball several times 
for my standby HTPC.

The thing that catches me a lot is that my keyboard for my HTPC is standing
up near a water bottle that sometimes touches the keyboard producing strange
effects when I try to click or drag and drop OTA capture files to play.

I use the on screen keyboard more than the real keyboard.

Just the wireless trackball and my eight device remote control controls my 
HTPC most of the time.

SHF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce W. Calkins" <brucewcalkins at charter.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Amusing computer story only slightly off topic


>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
> From: "Gene Heskett"
>
>> On Tuesday 11 September 2012 11:27:58 Robert Gault did opine:
>>
>>> In the last two days I've been having mouse pointer freezes on my PC.
>
>>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> 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,
>
>>
>> So if your optical mouse is getting slow, check & see how many feet it
>> has
>> left.
>
>>
>
>> Cheers, Gene
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Bruce W.