ThinkPad 755CD Trackpoint/Mouse conflict .. problem SOLVED

[Michael Redmond <redmond@engr.wisc.edu>]

This is a GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS situation. 

The conflict I found with the external mouse was resolved (good news). It was 
resolved by using an IBM logo'd mouse (bad news). Some (many?) otherwise 
totally standard PS/2 mice will probably work inconsistently with the ThinkPad 
(at least the 755CD). If you are lucky, you may get one that works. I got lucky 
by using an IBM logo'd one.

Thanks...
Mike Redmond
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At 05:14 PM 3/20/96 -0600, Michael Redmond wrote:
|I am trying to use my Thinkpad 755CD as a desktop replacement. I set it so I
|can close the clamshell. I attach and external mouse. Then, one in 3 double
|clicks fails, and one in 5 single clicks (intermittently) fails. Bummer!!!
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|I disable the trackpoint, reboot, and ... the mouse works perfectly.
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|I am seeing some type of conflict between the "active" trackpoint in my
|closed machine and the externally connected mouse. It seems others aren't
|having the same problem I am...but I am not sure.
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|If you've had this problem, have you come up with a solution, short of
|turning the trackpoint off when you use it as a desktop, and turning it back
|on before you go home (also a bummer).
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|I am using Win 95 and a PS/2 connected mouse (happens to be a DELL mouse,
|but I've had the same result with others).
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|Thanks
|
|Michael Redmond
|Director, Computer-Aided Engineering Center
|University of Wisconsin, Madison
|(608) 263-1584
|Email: redmond@engr.wisc.edu
|WWW: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/services/cae/staff/redmond.html
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