SOS for Mac OS 8/Thrustware T2 Tech Support

I am new to the group but I was hoping that someone could assist with a technical problem. I just upgraded my Mac OS from 7.5 to 8.1. Before I upgraded my Thrustmaster Formula T2 periperal & its software worked fine. Now when I start my Mac w/ the periperal attached & the driver on in the extensions folder, my "mouse arrow" (I don't know what to call it) starts jumping around all over the screen. During this time, it is impossible to work the mouse. However, when I disconnect the periperal, everything works fine. I figure this has to be some sort of hardware or somftware compatability problem. Are there any Mac racers out there who have experienced this problem? If so, how was it fixed? Is there a new software update to Thrustware that might help? Please post to group or email me at; Thank you! Janet Yeager

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> I am new to the group but I was hoping that someone could assist with > a technical problem. I just upgraded my Mac OS from 7.5 to 8.1. Before > I upgraded my Thrustmaster Formula T2 periperal & its software worked > fine. Now when I start my Mac w/ the periperal attached & the driver on > in the extensions folder, my "mouse arrow" (I don't know what to call > it) starts jumping around all over the screen. During this time, it is > impossible to work the mouse. However, when I disconnect the periperal, > everything works fine. > I figure this has to be some sort of hardware or somftware compatability > problem. Are there any Mac racers out there who have experienced this > problem? If so, how was it fixed? Is there a new software update to > Thrustware that might help? > Please post to group or email me at; > Thank you! > Janet Yeager

Hmmm....I remember when I first got IndyCar Racing and my Thrustmaster for my Mac a couple of years ago, the same thing happened to me (I had OS 7.5) I believe an updated "patch" was included with the Thrustmaster. So instead of having IndyCarII version 1.0 I am using IndyCarII version 1.1. There was a software patch that connected the two. I may not be making much sense but, in short, I would e-mail Thrustmaster and/or Papyrus. I would think there is a patch available. I recently updated from 7.5 to 7.6 and had no problem with this. Its just when you said that the mouse arrow was blinking and jumping around that it brought back memories. Let me know if you find out anything. Brad

There has also been an intermittent "disappearing cursor" glitch in OS8 and 8.1 -- check out ZDNet's MacWorld website -- I think the question is delat with there... Bart Brown