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From: seg@ingres.com (scott e garfinkle)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Logitech mouse on COM1; getting it to work in DOS box
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.173924.11448@ingres.Ingres.COM>
Date: 4 Mar 91 17:39:24 GMT
References: <333.27ce20b3@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
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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).  

1) You need to add "device=c:\os2\ega.sys" to enable the mouse in the DOS box

2) COM1 is being used by your mouse driver, so the com01 driver is telling you
that it is unavailable for use by that device driver.

Hope this helps.

	-scott e. garfinkle
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