Subject: a couple of ADB quirks
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Rick Hawkins <rhawkins@iastate.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/18/1997 20:56:54
I notice a couple of adb quirks.  My aging Kensington Turbo Mouse has
some loose connections between it's sockets & pcb (which i soldered
again after this).  Anyway, these cause occasional problems under macos
(as in everytime the connection breaks :).  Then, there is a delay of a
couple of seconds while (i assume) the adb manager resets itself.
Occasionally, it gets the idea that the mouse is down, with no recourse
but a hardware reset.

It was acting up today, and under macbsd flat-out froze upo the machine;
i couldn't even telnet in.

I did a hardware reset while i repaired.  WIthout a mouse attached, it
finds the keyboard just fine, but ignores it.

rick

p.s. is this one of the trackballs that anyone has the configs to use
the extra button?

rick