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From: todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Keywords: NEC Multispeed, Microsoft Word 4.0, Microsoft Mouse
Message-ID: <2041@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 12 Jul 88 07:08:33 GMT
Organization: University of Hawaii
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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.

Everything worked ok, but the disk drive kept spinning continuously.  It
continued to spin while I tried out some Word functions.  The disk drive
did not stop spinning until I got out of Word. This does not happen
when the mouse driver is removed.

I tested the mouse with some other software and did not run into this
problem.  The only problematic interaction is Multispeed+Mouse+Word.

Any ideas as to what is going on?  Any other lap portable users experience
the same problem?  I am buying a T1000 later this week to replace my NEC
(for reasons of reduced weight, not because of the problem I discovered
today).  Has anyone had problems using Word, a Microsoft Mouse, and a
T1000?

Thanks...todd

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Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Faculty Development Program
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