Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!mit-eddie!mit-hermes!jpexg From: jpexg@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU (John Purbrick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Mouse cursor control ? Message-ID: <2787@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU> Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 01:15:22 EST Article-I.D.: mit-herm.2787 Posted: Thu Jan 22 01:15:22 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Jan-87 06:31:35 EST References: <575@sask.UUCP> Organization: MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA Lines: 19 In article <575@sask.UUCP>, brecht@sask.UUCP (Tim Brecht) writes: > > Can anyone tell me a way of positioning the mouse cursor > at a desired screen location. > > What I would like to do is - at different times position the > mouse cursor at a specified location on the screen. > Tim Brecht Sure. Why this information isn't in all the data books is the real question. The reason may be that these addresses aren't "safe", ie later releases of TOS may not work with them, but it works on my 1040 now. These aren't supervisor- only locations. mouse X 0x26E0 All three words can be read or written. If you mouse Y 0x26E2 write them, the mouse cursor will jump to the mouse buttons 0x26E6 desired position. John Purbrick jpexg@hermes.ai.mit.edu