Is the "capacitance mouse" the touchpad? FYI I had no problem turning
mine off in Linux.


On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 12:26, Fred Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Stephen
>
> I also have noticed a problem with installing REX fresh on an NEC
> PC-8300. I have two of them that work, and one that doesn't. I was able
> after about thirty minutes to a fresh install of the REX software on one
> of my NEC machines, but the other one still hangs up during the stage
> where the memory banks are being erased It has to be a subtle difference
> between the 8201 and the 8300 that causes it. I gave up on the one and
> inserted a TS-DOS Rom into it instead of the REX for now.
>
> All of my model 100 computers did well with the update. It was quick and
> easy.
>
> I still prefer the Model 100 keyboard to the NEC PC-8300 keyboard. There
> is a slight difference that takes getting used to. I also prefer the
> Model 100 keyboard to the Notebook PC's that I have. The Capacitance
> mouse is a real nuisance, and I can't usually turn it off.
>
> Fred Whitaker
>
> On 4/6/2020 12:16 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
> > build 260 for REX is on the wiki.  Let me know of any problems.
> > * Peter's recent bug is fixed
> > * found a bug in 258 that was serious, on T200
> >
> > Regarding the last bug.  T200 has different treatment of .DO files in
> > RAM compared to other models.  Pointers are used differently.
> >
>

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