I need some help from the computer gurus of the group. I bought a 6' PS/2 mouse extension cable. Windows (98) came up and told me I had no mouse. Took the extension cable off. Mouse worked fine. Aha! I've got a bad cable.
Back to the shop. Got another cable. Tested it, with my mouse, on a machine in the shop. Worked fine. Went home. The $#%@! extension cable still didn't work.
Just in case MS was doing me in, I tried with Linux. Same result.
BTW, I've tried multiple times with both O/Ss, so it isn't just a one-time thing.
So I have a known good mouse, a known good cable, and I've proved it isn't the O/S. I'm stumped.
The only thing I can think of is that my CPU is sensitive to the cable length, but why? And it's only a 6' extension.
Any ideas, anyone?