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From: goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Logitech mouse on COM1; getting it to work in DOS box
Message-ID: <335.27d2538c@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 91 18:02:52 GMT
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In article <333.27ce20b3@mbcl.rutgers.edu>, goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu writes:
> I am trying to bring up os/2 1.3 on a system that has a serial Logitech mouse.
> If I define the serial port to which the mouse is attached as com1, and
> use the PC mouse (PCMOU$01) driver, I get a useable mouse under OS/2.  However,
> when I go to the DOS box and fire up Windows (3.0), the mouse is unusable.
> Also, there's an error message during boot; as OS/2 reads the line in
> Config.sys "Device= c:/path/com01.sys" (the one that loads the serial port
> driver for DOS), it says that it can't open com1, because it's either
> not available or in use by another device.  (This line is after the lines
> in Config.sys that load the mouse driver).  
> 
> Can anybody suggest a fix to this problem?
> 
> 		Thanks,
> 
> 			Adrian

Well, here's my solution to my own problem.  To use a Logitech mouse under
OS/2 1.3, use the PCMOU01 driver.  (Choose the PC mouse systems
mouse when you're presented with a choice when installing OS/2.)  To use
the mouse in Microsoft Windows 3.0 in the DOS box, choose the Microsoft /IBM
mouse choice in Windows Setup.

			Adrian
> 
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Adrian Goldman                         |  Internet:  Goldman@MBCL.Rutgers.Edu
Molecular Biology Computing Laboratory |  Bitnet:    Goldman@BioVAX
Waksman Insitute,                      |  Phone:     (908) 932-4864
Rutgers University,                    |  Fax:       (908) 932-5735
Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA               |