Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!emory!ra!pam1
From: pam1@ra.MsState.Edu (Phillip A. McReynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Mice
Message-ID: <546@ra.MsState.Edu>
Date: 27 Jun 90 16:35:30 GMT
References: <4084@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
Organization: Mississippi State University
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In article <4084@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> iain@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>I'm in the market for a mouse and would appreciate any advice about
>what's hot and what's not. I have a 386 box and run 4dos (I won't
>register it until I find out if it works okay with a mouse). Are there
>models to steer clear of? What about drivers? I have 3M of expanded
>memory, and a driver that could live there would be nice. All
>constructive comments welcome. I'll post a summary if there's interest.
>
>Cheers, Iain.

I downloaded 4dos (the most current version from simtel) and tried it out,
but it *really* didn't like my mouse.  It seemed that it was reading a lot
of garbage from my mouse:  buttons as pressed when they're not and putting
the cursor in weird locations.  I assumed that this was a problem with 4dos
since I haven't had any problems with any other programs.

My mouse, btw, is a GeniusMouse.  I have been very happy with it and it has
a reasonable number of buttons for a SunHead like myself.  Oh, and it's a 
serial mouse that comes drivers to operate in either MicroSoft or Mouse
Systems mode.  It's a shame that it doesn't work w/4dos, though...

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