I have two questions regarding my Compaq Contura 3/25 Laptop with 3.1. 1) How can I add color, it is currently setup on standard VGA, which is black & white only? 2) The Laptop came with a weird looking mouse, kind of small but wide with a large ball on the bottom. This mouse would not work. So I plugged in a regular compaq mouse but sometimes it will not work at all. What can I do? Not sure how to work the original mouse? Reply or emaail denise.jackson@globalcrossing.com Thanks Denise

Hi Denise: Since you are using VGA setting, are you sure that your LCD screen is not a B&W instead of color screen. You could have a track ball control instead of a mouse, can you try another mouse to see if it works, if not your port connection maybe worn (works on & off). The track ball could also be bad, laptop are not designed to be a durable as a desktop PC. As for getting color, can you plug in a monitor to your laptop, if you see color then LCD screen is B&W only. Good luck. Z

question #1 was answered in ur previous string... "both the Contura 3/20 & 3/25 came with Monochrome VGA screens...the Contura 4/20 & 4/25 series came with Color VGA screens..." u cannot get color with ur laptop, ur screen is Black & White... in responce to question #2...u might want to try a serial mouse... N1...

denise, i have a contura 3/25c (color)i also have a spare color screen for it that would fit your 3/25. that weird mouse is the "trackball" that came with it, you use your thumb on the ball, not like a mouse, i love mine, the old contura is a great little machine isn't it!! -uncle joe

Uncle Joe, Are you interested in selling your spare color screen? If so, please email me and quote me a price. Also, when I plug in the track ball, nothing happens, can I reinstall it w/o a installation disk. When I boot up there is a caution message at the end, but it goes so fast, I can not make it out. Please advise DJ denise.jackson@globalcrossing.com

denise,check your e-mail.