MAC ATTACK

From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca>
Date: Fri Aug 7 20:55:35 1998

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Van Burnham wrote:

> except that when I fired her up, I found out that
> the mouse (MO100) is totally dead...it only moves horizontally...I tried
> some minor surgery, but to no avail. Also the keyboard (MO110A) is in
> trouble as well, some keys are missing and some simply don't function.

I've got the identical problem with my Mac 512K and MO100 mouse. It moves
horizontally, and the button works (the menus drop down from the title
bar) but it won't move vertically.

The keyboard also had some 'dead' keys, but with enough typing on them,
they eventually woke up. Just dirty contacts.

I cleaned out the mouse, but I haven't done anything else yet. Tony gave
me some info on how the critters work, but I haven't had time to look into
it yet. I still don't know if it's the mouse or the Mac with the fault.

One useful thing would be the Mac's mouse port pinout, though, so that I
at least know what pins to look at. And the Apple //c's, too.

This is just piling up on the 'things to do' list. :/


Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
Received on Fri Aug 07 1998 - 20:55:35 BST

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