Xref: utzoo comp.sys.next:835 sci.electronics:4349 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!iscuva!jimc From: jimc@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Jim Cathey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Mouse cord nuisance from lap (was Re: Monitors: What Next?) Keywords: induction, magnetic coupling, corrdless mouse Message-ID: <2184@iscuva.ISCS.COM> Date: 29 Nov 88 16:48:51 GMT References: <15572@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <16891@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <31811@bbn.COM> <1405@neoucom.UUCP> <1227@microsoft.UUCP> <1381@cpoint.UUCP> Organization: ISC Systems Corporation, Spokane, WA Lines: 16 In article <1381@cpoint.UUCP> die@cpoint.UUCP (David I. Emery) writes: > Unfortunately this implies a battery powered mouse unless the >pickup antenna loop could also serve to create a lf ac magnetic field strong >enough to power the mouse. I would think a field strong enough to power a mouse might not be too good a thing to have on your desktop if you strew floppies about like I do! +----------------+ ! II CCCCCC ! Jim Cathey ! II SSSSCC ! ISC Systems Corp. ! II CC ! TAF-C8; Spokane, WA 99220 ! IISSSS CC ! UUCP: uunet!iscuva!jimc ! II CCCCCC ! (509) 927-5757 +----------------+ "With excitement like this, who is needing enemas?"