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MOUSE HELP
Tips about installing and using your mouse
This document is primarily about how to choose
and install the correct mouse driver. We will assume that your mouse is
in good working order and not does not need mechanical repair. Sometimes
a mouse will malfunction because it's dirty. Dust and dirt which has accumulated
on the ball or rollers can usually be cleaned off. Check the documentation
for your mouse for the correct cleaning procedures. Some symptoms of a
dirty mouse include erratic (jumpy) movement of the mouse pointer or the
mouse pointer only moving in one direction, either only horizontally or
only vertically.
Mice can be a matter of trial and error
We have been able to get any mouse to work properly
on any machine we've tried by finding the right combination of mouse drivers.
Sometimes it involves a "trial and error" procedure.
The most common "fix" is to install
the driver that came with your mouse (usually something like MOUSE.COM
in your autoexec.bat file or MOUSE.SYS in your config.sys file) and then
choose the driver in your New Deal software that is named "MOUSE.COM
or
MOUSE.SYS". Many mice come with a floppy disk that will install the
mouse driver automatically. Some of them come with TSR or menu programs
that might conflict with New Deal's mouse driver. If you're having
trouble,
choose to not install those TSR's, if possible, or remove or disable them.
Some things to try
If you are loading the file MOUSE.COM in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT, try using the MOUSE.SYS file in your CONFIG.SYS instead,
or viceversa.
If you have extended memory and you are loading
the mouse driver high (with a devicehigh, hiload, or loadhigh command),
try loading it normally in conventional memory.
Try to get the newest version of the mouse driver
for your mouse. A new driver is usually available from the manufacturer
of the mouse.
Some menu programs interfere with the operation
of mice on some machines. If you use a menu program, try running without
it. If that solves the problem, consider eliminating the menu program or
try a different one.
If you are loading a mouse.com or mouse.sys driver,
try the "MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS" driver in New Deal's
Preferences.
But don't stop there. If that doesn't work, try "nothing else works"
or try "no idea" or try the driver that is named the same as
the brand of mouse that you have or try the one that says it is compatible
with the brand you have.
If you are loading a mouse related file called "Cloaking," try removing
it. Apparently mouse "cloaking" attempts to load the mouse driver into
upper or extended memory in a way that conflicts with New Deal software
on some systems.
Hidecom
Some machines require the use of Hidecom. HIDECOM1.COM
and HIDECOM2.COM are installed into the directory where you installed your
New Deal software. Hidecom is a tiny program that, when run once
from your AUTOEXEC.BAT (after loading your MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS driver)
should prevent your mouse from freezing when you
launch Preferences, NewDex, or NewComm. HIDECOM1.COM will only help if
your mouse is on COM1. HIDECOM2.COM will only help if your mouse is on
COM2. They will effectively hide the COM port, but could confuse other
software. Programs that talk directly to the COM ports will likely not
have any trouble with this.
To test whether HIDECOM will work, run it from
the DOS prompt before launching your New Deal software. If it solves your
problem, then consider adding it to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
With a little patience and experimentation, you
can probably find a combination that works.
Summa-Graphics Digitizing Pad
The Summa Graphics Digitizing Pad is a pointing device that includes
software SMOUSE.COM and SMOUSE.SYS which are supposed to make it emulate a
Microsoft Serial mouse. The Summa Graphics tablet will work in absolute
mode with the Generic Tablet driver. You must load the DOS driver that
comes with the tablet.
KLH 386SX champion uses Other 2-button serial
The KLH 386SX Champion comes with a 2-button serial mouse marked "Mouse
Systems." If the Mouse Systems driver does not work, try the "Other
2-button serial" driver.
Mouse Systems White Mouse, bus version
The White Mouse bus mouse is like their PC Mouse bus mouse,
namely a serial mouse with a card that has a serial port at
a non-standard address. Use the PCSMOUSE.COM or
PCSMOUSE.SYS that comes with the mouse and the "Nothing
Else Works" driver in your New Deal software.
Packard Bell LMOUSE.COM LightMouse driver
The Packard Bell LightMouse optical mouse driver (LMOUSE.COM) apparently
hides its port from DOS, which effectively hides the port from our
software, too. When LMOUSE.COM is not loaded, then our software sees the
ports normally and the "Mouse Systems Compatible Serial" driver works.
Icontroller Joystick by Sun Comm
A user reports that the Icontroller will work using the Microsoft Serial
Mouse driver.
J-mouse pointing device
Home Row, Inc., makers of the J-mouse pointing device, tell us the device
does not work with our software.
MSCMOUSE.EXE or MSCMOUSE.COM
There have been reports that New Deal software may be incompatible with
the mouse drivers named MSCMOUSE.EXE or MSCMOUSE.COM. Symptoms included
KR-07 errors when renaming files, adding to the user dictionary, or trying
to save files in NewCalc. Using a different DOS mouse driver solved the
problem in all reported cases.
Tip for left-handed users
Are you left-handed? Do you want to switch the mouse buttons so that right
clicks are left clicks and left clicks are right clicks? It's easy to do
in New Deal software
- Exit your New Deal software.
- Use your DOS editor, Windows Notepad, or any text editor to modify
your GEOS.INI file as follows:
- Find the section named [input].
- If there is no [input] section, create one.
- Change the line
left handed = false
to
left handed = true
- If there is no "left handed" line, then add this line to the
[input] section:
left handed = true
- Save your changes to the GEOS.INI file.
If you have a three button mouse, the middle button will be unaffected.
Ever want to know which driver a mouse is
actually using?
absgen.geo
- Generic Light Pen
- Generic Touch Screen
- Generic Tablet
- Generic Digitizer
- UnMouse Touch Tablet
- Elographics Touch Screen
- SummaGraphics SummaSketch
genmouse.geo
- MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS
- Nothing else works
- Generic
kbmouse.geo
- Arrow Key Mouse (Use Ins, Del, and F4.)
- Arrow Key Mouse (F4 to access, Ins, Del are buttons.)
logibus.geo
- Logitech Bus Mouse
- Microsoft Bus Mouse (large 9-pin plug)
- Logitech Bus Trackball
- Other Bus Mouse
- Logitech Hi-Rez Bus Mouse
- ATI VGA Wonder+ Bus Mouse
logiser.geo
- Logitech C-7, 3-button Serial
- Logitech Series 9, 3-button Serial
- Logitech Serial Trackball
- Logitech Hi-Rez Serial
- NewIdea Beetle Mouse (Serial)
msbus.geo
- Microsoft Bus Mouse (circular plug)
msser.geo
- Microsoft Serial
- Kraft Serial Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- Genius Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- Acer Serial
- Tandy Serial
- Dexxa Serial
- Microsoft-compatible Serial
- Other 2-button Serial
- Logitech 2-button Serial
- Mouse Systems 2-button Serial
- Mouse Systems Serial Trackball
- Kensington Serial Trackball
- Laser 3-button (Microsoft Mode)
- Artec AM-21 Plus (Microsoft Mode)
- CH Products RollerMouse
- Commax Witty Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- Commax Fancy Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- Commax Witty Ball (Microsoft Mode)
- Dell Serial Mouse
- DMS-200 Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- DMS-200H Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- Focus FT-100 Tracker (Microsoft Mode)
- Fulcrum Trackball Plus (Microsoft Mode)
- IMCS The MousePen (Serial)
- IMSI Mechanical Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- ITAC Mouse-trak Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- Marconi Marcus RB2-305
- Marconi Marcus RB2-306
- MicroSpeed PC-Trac Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- MicroSpeed FastTRAP Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- Mouse Systems OmniMouse II Serial
- The White Mouse Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- Mouse Systems PC Trackball Serial
- Logitech MouseMan (Serial)
- Logitech TrackMan Portable (Serial)
- Logitech First Mouse (Serial)
- Philips Serial
ps2.geo
- IBM PS/2 Mouse
- Interrupt-12-type Mouse
- Auxiliary Port Mouse
- PS/2-style Mouse
- Logitech PS/2 Mouse
- Logitech Series 2 Mouse
- Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
- Logitech TrackMan Portable (PS/2-style)
pqpen.geo
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