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From: davis@clocs.cs.unc.edu (Mark Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: MS MOUSE.SYS Command Line Parameters
Summary: Tell it COM1?
Keywords: mouse Microsoft Driver config.sys mouse.sys switch
Message-ID: <12087@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 90 14:19:19 GMT
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Reply-To: davis@clocs.cs.unc.edu (Mark Davis)
Organization: University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Could someone please tell me the command line parameters for MOUSE.SYS,
the mouse device driver distributed with Microsoft Word 4.0?

Running strings on MOUSE.SYS, I see a warning message about /i and /c,
but when I try to use these, (like "device=C\word4\mouse.sys /c:1" in
my config.sys), I get "invalid parameter" and the driver is not
installed.  I really believe it will take command line switches, but I
just can't get any combination to work.

The reason I am asking is I just bought a cheap serial mouse (IMSI
brand, $29 from Jade).  The driver supplied with the mouse works for
everything I have tried except for WORD in graphics mode (text works
fine).  Then the buttons work, but the cursor is invisible.  The WORD
reference manual mentions this symptom, and advises using the mouse
driver distributed with WORD.

When I try to use Microsoft's MOUSE.SYS, during boot it reports "mouse
not installed."  I suspect it is only looking for a bus mouse and needs
a command line parameter to tell it to use the serial port.
Unfortunately, the WORD documentation says "See the manual that came
with your Microsoft Mouse," and I can't find a manual on this campus.
So I need your help.

Thanks - Mark (davis@cs.unc.edu or uunet!mcnc!davis)