Xref: utzoo comp.sys.next:873 sci.electronics:4367 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!dale From: dale@oakhill.UUCP (Dale Stevens) 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: <1726@apache.oakhill.UUCP> Date: 2 Dec 88 21:37:26 GMT References: <15572@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <16891@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <31811@bbn.COM> <1405@neoucom.UUCP> <1227@microsoft.UUCP> <1381@cpoint.UUCP> Reply-To: dale@apache.UUCP (Dale Stevens) Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin Tx. Lines: 6 Don't forget the worst problem with getting rid of the cord. The mouse is now not connected to anything. I don't know what kind of problems would be seen in a university setting, but I have seen things "wander" around if they are not heavy or tied down. One day the optical mouse pad for our Sun was found across the production floor under a Machintosh mouse. Something to think about.