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From: dillon@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Ian Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Microsoft Mouse meets DOS 4.01
Keywords: Microsoft mouse Northgate MSDOS
Message-ID: <5216@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 25 Oct 89 02:33:01 GMT
Organization: University of Hawaii
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Aloha,

I have a question for those experienced with setting up a Microsoft
Mouse on a system running MS-DOS 4.01 (oh no!).  I'm running a 
Northgate 386 (20 MHz) with two serial COM ports set up with IRQ4 
and IRQ3 respectively.  On either of these ports, I'd like to attach 
a serial mouse (Microsoft driver = 7.00).

After running "msetup" (the Microsoft Mouse install program), and
making the appropriate changes to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, I receive
the following message after rebooting: 

   " Microsoft mouse not found"

The next logical thing to do is check the connections, and  try both 
ports to see if the trouble lies with my machine.  After hooking up 
a modem to both ports, everything's kosher.  Also, I tested the
mouse on another machine and it worked perfectly.  

After rechecking with Northgate, they confirmed the COM ports were 
indeed IRQ4 and IRQ3.  Upon questioning a few guru's, each one agreed
that the problem probably stems from DOS 4.01.  It's now time to call
Microsoft Technical Support.  The person I spoke with there said the
problem is "probably" due to some wierdness with the Northgate machine,
and NOT 4.01 (big surprise there, huh?).  First off, the COM connections 
in my machine are probably as standard as can be.  Also, the rumored
bugs with 4.01 have been passed around quite a bit. 

Microsoft suggested switching to a bus port (no thanks), or wait until
they send a new driver (which hasn't even been developed yet).  Option
2 has me thinking of trading in for a Logitech device, or switching to
DOS 3.3x.

If you have had similar problems, I would appreciate hearing from you. 

Thanks in advance!

  Ian
 
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