Mouse difficulties resolved

[Jim Morton]

In article <720 at duteca.UUCP>, knop at dutecaa.uucp (Peter Knoppers) writes:
-> In article <4470 at brazos.Rice.edu> tunison at brazos.rice.edu writes:
-> >****************************************************************
-> >An IBM PC/RT running AIX 2.2.1 will NOT recognize an IBM mouse 
-> >plugged into the mouse port until the CPU's power has been
-> >completely turned OFF. Warm reboots will NOT result in the OS 
-> >realizing that a mouse is connected. You must power the machine
-> >up from scratch after plugging that little guy in.
-> >****************************************************************
-> It is even worse than that:
-> Plugging in a mouse or keyboard in an RT while it is powered-up
-> may cause latch-up in the electronics in the mouse/keyboard which
-> can kill your mouse/keyboard within seconds.

It's even worse than worse than that! I've seen two RT *motherboards*
("planar boards) fried because mice were plugged/unplugged when
the system was on. Make sure all your users know not to plug in
or unplug the mouse or keyboard with the system powered up.
--
Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
...uunet!applix!jim    jim at applix.com