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From: jamesd@techbook.UUCP (James Deibele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: MS MOUSE.SYS Command Line Parameters
Keywords: mouse Microsoft Driver config.sys mouse.sys switch
Message-ID: <265@techbook.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 90 22:30:14 GMT
References: <1022@wubios.wustl.edu> <12087@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Reply-To: jamesd@techbook.UUCP (James Deibele)
Organization: TECHbooks, Beaverton Oregon
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In article <12087@thorin.cs.unc.edu> davis@clocs.cs.unc.edu (Mark Davis) writes:
>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.
[...]
>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.

Well, the price of the book is only $10 less than the price of your mouse, but 
the _Microsoft Mouse Programmer's Reference_ (Microsoft Press, 1-55615-191-8,
1989, $29.95) has the info you need.  The switches are /B for Bus or InPort
mouse at primary InPort address; /I1 for InPort mouse at primary; /I2 for 
InPort mouse at secondary; /C1 for Serial mouse on COM1; and /C2 for Serial
mouse on COM2.  There are a couple of other parameters that set speed and
sensitivity, but some of them only work on the InPort mouse.


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