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From: cga66@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Kauffold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Summary: Psychotic mouse & Word 4.0
Keywords: NEC Multispeed, Microsoft Word 4.0, Microsoft Mouse
Message-ID: <8500@ihlpa.ATT.COM>
Date: 13 Jul 88 18:26:08 GMT
References: <2041@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <2041@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>, todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
> Ran into an odd little problem today.  I bought a Microsoft Mouse (serial
> port version) today.  Plugged it into my NEC Multispeed lap portable, fired
> up the mouse driver, and started up Microsoft Word 4.0.
> 
> ... disk drive kept spinning continuously ... did not stop spinning until 
> I got out of Word. This does not happen when the mouse driver is removed.
> 
> -- 
> Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Faculty Development Program
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> INTERNET:	todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU <==I'm told this rarely works

I have had a similar problem with Logitech Mouse and Word 4.0, on MS/DOS 3.2.
There have been other problems with MS MOUSE and WORD 4.0, with PS/2. 

Microsoft has sent some kind of fix for the problem to the PS/2 people, but
they told me that "Word 4.0 only works with the MS MOUSE" (on straight PC
clones using MS/DOS).  I have not heard yet from Logitech.

Temporarily, I have disabled the mouse driver and unplugged the device, as
it was really too thrilling to watch your document flip out periodically 
when you accidentally moved the mouse.

There seem to be a lot of problems with Word 4.0 and various mouses (mice?);
Microsoft has not been terribly responsive, at least not to my reports
to them of my version of mouse psychosis.

Will Microsoft be "user friendly" and fix the problem for all us 3.2 version
users who upgraded, and who lost the functionality of the mouse?  Or will
they continue to pound smoke ...

Disclaimer: Don't blame me or anyone else.

Pat Kauffold, AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL