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Name: FrankieCash
Date: May 27, 2004 at 08:23:02 Pacific
OS: DOS
CPU/Ram: 133/1G
Comment:

Is there a cheat or trick to let a scrollmouse run with DOS???
greez
Frank



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Name: Mick C
Date: May 27, 2004 at 15:26:32 Pacific
Reply:

Will, you can only just about get it to work under Windows 3.1

See -

http://www.computing.net/windows31/wwwboard/forum/10994.html

I hope someone does correct me, but I think getting it to work under DOS is a little bit to far.

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Name: FrankieCash
Date: May 27, 2004 at 15:37:25 Pacific
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I could live without the wheel, if I just can use the buttons would be fine. DOS could just ignore the wheel?!?


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Response Number 3
Name: jboy
Date: May 27, 2004 at 16:06:11 Pacific
Reply:

Is this an optical or mechanical (ball) mouse

If it's a 'ball-mouse' you might be able to use the middle button, although you'd likely have to specify this with the appropriate command line parameter when loading the DOS driver. Check your driver docs, or try a 3-button DOS driver (worth a shot)


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Response Number 4
Name: Mick C
Date: May 29, 2004 at 02:38:27 Pacific
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Yes jboy is right. Basic 3 button mice existed for DOS. But what the extra button could do I cannot remember... and if you ignore the wheel, you may be able to get it to work with the right driver.

Have a look at cutemouse @

http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/

or

http://www.input-drivers.com/drivers/21/21115.htm

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Response Number 5
Name: jboy
Date: May 29, 2004 at 07:07:49 Pacific
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True - most standard applications didn't know what to do with the middle button.

In first person shooters (FPS) though, like Duke3D or DooM, typically you'd set the middle button as 'move forward' - or some other function.

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Response Number 6
Name: Wengier
Date: May 30, 2004 at 14:35:01 Pacific
Reply:

MPXPlay 1.50 and such will work with the wheel if the right driver (CuteMouse 2.0) is loaded anyway.

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