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From: dwploc@monsanto.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: DEC Mouse and Windows 386
Message-ID: <1991Jan10.074518.3061@monsanto.com>
Date: 10 Jan 91 07:52:18 GMT
References: <1991Jan8.123349.1741@sa.gov.au>
Organization: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO
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> I am attempting to get a 386 running Windows in 386 enhanced mode using a
> Digital DEPCA Ethernet board with DEPCA mouse. 
> 
> It appears that the Ethernet cards and mouse driver supplied by DEC for 
> installation under Windows (DEPMOUSE.DRV) does not run under 386 enhanced mode.
> (Windows in enhanced mode is O.K. - I need to run SETUP to load a different
> mouse driver to run it - hence no mouse!) 
> 
> Documentation has suggested that a seperate mouse driver supplied by DEC 
> (DECMOUSE.SYS loaded via CONFIG.SYS) would enable applications to use the 
> mouse as though it was a MicroSoft mouse; it doesn't work when running either
> the DEC Mouse driver or the MicroSoft mouse driver.
> 
> Note that with the DEC mouse drivers loaded it will run O.K. in real mode.
> 
> Configuration:
> 	386 PC with VGA
> 	DEC DEPCA and mouse
> 	40Mb disk, 5.25 and 3.5 inch diskette drives
> 	DOS V4.01
> 	DEPMOUSE.DRV ( 3000 bytes, 26/ 9/1989 9:28:20)
> 	DECMOUSE.SYS (10491 bytes, 10/10/1989 4:24:52)
> 
> Can anybody help or must I wait for LANWorks/Pathworks/???works?
> 
> 	Mike de Laine, 
> 	VAX System Manager,
> 	State Systems
> 
> 	Post:	GPO Box 1095, Adelaide, South Australia, S.A. 5001.
> 	Phone:	+61-8-207 7788
> 	Fax:	+61-8-207 7779
> 	Email:	systemmcd@sa.gov.au
> 	PSIMail:psi%050528372100010::systemmcd

	We are currently trying to use WIN3.0 and PCSA.  We are not using 
DEPCA boards.  3COM 3C523's and 3C503's are our standards.  The BAD news
is:  DEC has finally told us that PCSA 3.0 will DEFINATELY NOT work with
WIN3.0.  There seems to be some timeing problems in the PCSA code when
running under Windows.  The DEC code is not getting enough time to do its
thing.  We have found that the software will work but not consistantly.
Your final comments asking if you must wait for Pathworks leads me to believe
you are not currently using the PCSA product.

David Ploch