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From: rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: mouse driver for joystick (pmm)
Keywords: mouse joystick pmm
Message-ID: <22178@yunexus.YorkU.CA>
Date: 30 Mar 91 19:37:14 GMT
Organization: York U. Computing Services
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A short while ago I glimpsed a program called PMM on a local BBS which
provided a standard mouse.com interface to programs, using the
joystick for input.  However, that BBS has gone down, and I can't find
the program elsewhere, and I don't have the time to duplicate it.  Can
anybody provide a pointer to it (or something equivalent), or mail me
a copy (it was quite small)?

Why would I want such a thing, you may ask.  Well, the joystick port
doesn't need an IRQ line, and in some systems there is none to spare;
I can buy joysticks for $5.; and there are a few applications in which
a self-centering mouse would be a good thing.  These reasons don't
usually coincide in one system, but anyway it seems like it would be a
useful capability.

Thanks very much.

//richard