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From: gemini@geminix.in-berlin.de (Uwe Doering)
Subject: Re: FAS and serial rodents
References: <1767@csource.oz.au>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 13:38:33 GMT
Organization: Private UNIX Site
Keywords: mouse,vpix,fas,isc
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david@csource.oz.au (david nugent) writes:

>I seem to have only on problem running fas 2.0 under ISC 2.2.0; all else
>works brilliantly except that MicroSoft's MOUSE.COM v6.24 no longer 
>recognises the presence of a serial mouse on the serial port.  Certainly 
>the DOS task has no problem in seeing the port - all other software that 
>I run  which uses it has no problems at all, both under Unix and VP/ix - 
>in fact the majority of it works vastly better.  X11 has no problems in
>using the mouse at all.

I'm using the version 6.24A together with a Genius mouse in Microsoft
mode. This works without any problems. Try to access the mouse via
a device with a minor device number of 0 + port#. That's what I do
because the mouse has neither modem nor hardware flow control.

If this doesn't help, try a different version of the mouse driver.
Unfortunately, those drivers tend to have a fragile timing and do
all sorts of special tricks. This can cause problems with VP/ix
because the serial ports are completely emulated in software, and
in some cases this emulation isn't accurate enough.

    Uwe
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