Recent content by Al Udall

yeah.... I thought so too, first. Then I raised my PS/2 maximum sampling rate to 200 Hz, and with mouserate utility discovered that REAL sampling emanating from MX1000 varies between 40 and 180 Hz, with bigger values obviously in the moments of either me jerking it violently (that's probably...

it's not exactly mouse was overclocked, it's PS/2 port I use. Here is an old PS/2 sample rate raising utility called "ps2rate". Not all mobos/BIOSes are able to support 200 Hz though, but some ppl report successful 500 Hz -- on their USB ports though (with no other USB devices present though)

IceMats and Teflon Yeah, I looked there: under Icemats they sell glass (I presume it has some smooth, leather-like grained surface, and not matted one which is thinly randomly scratched and is quite abrasive). They also sell teflon tape pieces at outrageous price, for feet. Like I said before...

teflon tape I bet there's no such thing like genuine Teflon tape produced by manufacturers of IceMat. I trust they buy it from the 3rd party, and my bet is with 3M. Or it better be: you say it became scratchy, this fact alone tells me it's not (real) Teflon. Or their IceMat's grained/frosted...

on buttons position and on Teflon feet yeah, switches could be anywhere, right. But it doesn't matter much. My point was about leverage: the farther you press from a pivot point of that springy warped cover, the less is your effort. A different approach to a complete cutting out button covers...

Opening MX1000... No, I didn't -- yet. But in the same time I don't think you are to void your guarantee, as you supposed to open the mouse in case Logitech/vendor sends you your battery replacement. In the meantime, I did open my old Logitech Cordless MouseMan Optical (hereafter referred to...

"ballistic" smooth scrolling OK, no "snap" in Win98SE, I see. MS IM Explorer has it though. Ballistic smooth scrolling is an extra Mozilla feature I had like a year ago in my Linux box, and in that old Win98SE box too. It works like this: you jerk the scrolling wheel, and it starts not so...

New SetPoint for MX1000 OK, installed 2.14. Found nothing in it that I was looking for, that is still: -- no SnapToDefaultButton support; -- no direct support for "Back/Forward" in Firefox; -- no ballistic smooth scrolling; -- no sideways scrolling in Win98SE (does it work in WinXP, I...

transparent one? well, then finely sand it, use mouserate utility to check where to stop matting it. $10-$15 less pricey you say? I can approve your purchase if it means $1 to $3 for a mat. If it's not the case, as I suspect, you'd better off with visiting your favourite hardware store and ask...

re: glass and plastics as mats The small problem with ordinary transparent glass is that it's transparent, even for infrared MX1000 uses, so it's like holding your mouse levitated 3-4 mm up over reflecting underlying surface (e.g., your table) -- not rendering precise tracking because that...

Just discovered these nifty remapping utilities for all you gamers out there: http://www.logigamer.com/ . There's even beta for MX1000, haven't tried it yet, but you're welcome to do so, lol.

sorry ED, EleDra won't be mentioned again, lol. On a more sober note, Windows 98SE registry mentions 10 buttons to map/remap functions to, with buttons #9 and #10 most probably being left-tilt and right-tilt. But I don't understand one thing: in my registry, these declared some meaningful and...

Well, thank you EleDra for a prompt answer. As for button customizations at present SetPoint version, it's inadequate. The most blatant example is lack of any customization for scrollwheel side tilts. Moreover, I couldn't make it work on it's primary function at all, let alone switch from...

some tweaking needed Bought my MX1000 here in CA at Fry's for $75 (eBay has it for $59 on some good days, but there were some battery failure rumours, so extra $16 is about the right price for no-hassle 30-days long up-to-5 times replaces) I don't do any gaming, at least of an action kind...