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Generic Mouse Drivers
Name: Don Jaun Date: February 4, 2001 at 20:46:12 Pacific
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Hi all on Computing.net!
I am looking for some generic mouse drivers, so I can plug in different mouses to the same machine.
Name: Don Jaun Date: February 4, 2001 at 21:16:52 Pacific
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I am using msdos 6.22 on a amd 550.
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Response Number 2
Name: mr o Date: February 5, 2001 at 01:56:19 Pacific
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why would you want more than one mouse on a machine?, what mouse driver are you using at the moment?
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Response Number 3
Name: Ronin Date: February 5, 2001 at 09:51:53 Pacific
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Use one driver with command line switches to set each port.
Like Mr O says, why use more than one mouse? Besides, you'll run out of IRQs in a hurry.
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Response Number 4
Name: don jaun Date: February 5, 2001 at 13:04:51 Pacific
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i mean different mouses one at a time.
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Response Number 5
Name: Chris Hodapp Date: February 5, 2001 at 19:20:17 Pacific
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There are several mouse drivers you can use that autodetect all the mouse specs - what port - COM or PS\2 - and 2-button, 3-button, etc. You can try CuteMouse which is TSR that's very memory-efficient - I use it and have no problems at all. You can look at this site for that: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1401/softlib1.htm Or, I have an old driver that works fine, just takes more memory - email me and I'll send it to you.
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Response Number 6
Name: Person Date: February 5, 2001 at 19:36:53 Pacific
Name: Rawsoftware.com Date: February 5, 2001 at 22:21:28 Pacific
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I have a generic mouse driver for you. I will post it on my site. You will see it posted Under Freeware Dos Utils. The name will be Boot Disk with Mouse. Give me a day or so to put it together for you.
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Response Number 8
Name: Rawsoftware.com Date: February 7, 2001 at 16:58:49 Pacific
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The driver is now available on www.rawsoftware.com. The link is on the left under freeware. It supports PS2 and Serial mice. It is command line oriented and very flexible.
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