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Re: mouse pointer

#8291
From: Björn Lindgren
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 06:38
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In article <4410@oodis01.af.mil>, Peter W. Nyhlen EE writes...
>
>mikicic@mcs.com wrote:
>
>: I just installed new Kickstart Roms into an Amiga 3000, no fun.
>: Then I installed WorkBench O.S. 3.1.  
>: Now....one thing, why did my mouse pointer go from a cool nice hi-res one to 
>: an ugly low-res one that looks like my old Amiga 500???? ....yuk!
>
>: Anyone tell me how to change it back, I can hardly look at it.
>
>: thanks in advance,
>: dAVE
>
>: mikicic@mcs.com
>
>I ran into the same problem in upgrading my A3000 to 3.1.  The problem is with
>the .prefs files in your SYS:Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys directory.  They didn't get
>updated when you upgraded to 3.1, and they are not compatible with 3.1.  You
>need to delete them (after writing down the settings of course) and then use
>the tools in your Prefs directory to recreate them.  The file that is causing
>the particular problem with the mouse pointer is 'palette.prefs'.  My mouse
>pointer cleared up just after deleting this file.
>
>Peter
>
Is it really possible to get a hires pointer on an A3000? I thought there was
a problem with sprites just being LO-res.
If not please tell me how.

TIA

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* Bjorn Lindgren   | All opinions written by me is mine mine and*
*                  | only mine.                                 *
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From: bjolin@lin.foa.se (Björn Lindgren)
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Subject: Re: mouse pointer
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Date: 22 Mar 1996 06:38:19 GMT
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