Some computers give you control over the touch pad, and some don't. My
HP notebook does not, but my Asus notebook does. If you don't have
control over the touch pad, you can't turn it off if you need to. Some
computer manufacturers are a lot more consumer friendly.
I learned to type in school using the whole hand. This required me to
learn the layout of the keyboard. If the keyboard is different from the
one I learned, it slows down my typing, which can in ideal circumstances
can exceed 50wpm. I call it a capacitance mouse, because that is the way
it works. Some are more sensitive than others. I can wave my hand over
some of them, an inch above the pad, and watch the mouse fly over the
screen. I find this very annoying.
Fred Whitaker
On 4/7/2020 5:32 PM, Peter Vollan wrote:
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.
