Re: Mouse using graphics programs?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote in message
20030712165108589+1200@news.inv.ihug.co.nz">news:20030712165108589+1200@news.inv.ihug.co.nz...
> In <3F00C677.2010403@telus.dotnet> Wayne Stewart  wrote:
>
> As usual, I came across something interesting while looking for
> something quite unrelated. There's an article on Apple's support site
> which mentions the problem with Mac mice on a IIc:
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=7522
>
> The article follows:
>
>   Apple IIc: Use Mouse Designed for Macintosh
>
>   TOPIC
>
>   I have a question concerning the "platinum" Apple IIc and a mouse.
>   When I'm using the mouse, the cursor starts at the top-left corner
>   and moves straight down to the bottom-left corner of the screen. Why?
>
>   DISCUSSION
>
>   You have come across an incompatibility in mouse timing. The mouse
>   sold for the Apple IIc works properly, and mice received from service
>   work properly. However, mice that came from Macintosh Plus systems
>   sometimes work and sometimes not, depending on the manufacturer.
>
>   To assure proper operation, make sure you use a mouse that was
>   designed for use with the IIc.
>
I conclude that Japan made mouses do not work, USA made ones do.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
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Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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