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From: sine@brahms.udel.edu (sine@sun.acs.udel.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: MS C 6.0a and PS/2 mouse
Message-ID: <19304@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 91 21:21:50 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware
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I am programming in MS C 6.0 with all of the latest updates and am
having problems with the mouse.  I am using a PS/2 mouse on a PS/2 model
80.  The mouse works fine with other programs including OS/2 and Windows
with either the MS driver (7.??) or with the PS/2 mouse driver (1.0).

In C, it works fine in PWB but it crashes in Codeview.  I can get into
CV and use the mouse to begin my program.  When I move the mouse while
running my program, it crashes back to the CV screen and the machine is
frozen.  This reacts this way with either driver.

The only work around I have found is to use a serial mouse instead of
the ordinary PS/2 mouse, but this means I have to purchase an additional
serial adapter, since I am using the existing one for a videodisc.

I have spoken to IBM ("call Microsoft") and to Microsoft ("not our
product, call IBM") so any help is greatly appreciated.  At the very
least, I'd like to know if anyone is using the PS/2 mouse with MS C.

Thanks for any insights!

Pat
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Pat Sine                                         sine@brahms.udel.edu
Instructional Technology
Willard Hall Ed. Bldg., University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716