Wild Mouse

[John Wendel]

Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 09:29 -0800, John Wendel wrote:
>> Logitech optical mouse, it's not a laser, just a red led, connected to
>> the PS/2 mouse port through an adapter. NO KVM involved.
> 
> What's the adaptor?
> 
> For what it's worth, I've had all sorts of troubles with PS/2 mice over
> the years doing wild behaviour (scooting about and clicking everywhere),
> but USB mice haven't done that.  The worst they've done is a momentary
> scoot off in one direction, occasionally.
> 
> I had one that was shockingly bad through a PS/2 extension cable, but
> mostly fine when plugged in directly.  It made me wonder whether the
> power to the mouse was poor, so the chip inside it was acting randomly.
> 
> 

It uses a USB to PS/2 adapter (you know, the little green blocky 
thing). This old computer only has 2 USB 1.0 ports, and I'm using them.

Actually, it seems to work fine when used on a sheet of white paper.

Thanks,

John