Jerk of a mouse

[Dan Ehrlich]

In article <1990Oct7.214304.21056 at rice.edu> caldwr!rfinch at caldwr.water.ca.gov (Ralph Finch) writes:

> We got some Sun 4/65's in and noticed something strange.  On two of the
> machines the mouse jerks when moved; the cursor looks like it is attached
> to a rubber band which periodically stretches and breaks.  Strangely
> enough it does this in the horizontal direction but vertical movement
> seems ok.  Does anybody know what would cause this?

Call Sun and ask for a new mouse.  They had a crop of bad chips sneak by
their Q&A people.  We recently installed a lab with 8 4/65s.  So far six
of the mice have failed in they way you describe.

Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich at cs.psu.edu>/Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176