[arachne] Re: mouse

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On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:17:45 -0600
"Destiny" <destiny2b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:20:22 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> 
> > With my Dell laptop, with which I am running Arachne nowadays, I have to run
> > her in a DOS box under Windows if I want to use a mouse with Arachne
> 
> > My laptop doesn't have a real mouse.  It just has a touch-sensitive pad and
> > some buttons as integral components mounted in front of the keyboard and
> > intended to replace the functions of a real mouse.  Those components become
> > active only under Windows.  I have tried to make them work by installing
> > the cute mouse driver while in real DOS mode.  The cute mouse driver will
> > not activate those components. Does anyone here know of a DOS-based driver
> > that will activate those components?
> 
> > My laptop has a PS/2 port where I can plug in an external mouse, but I have
> > not yet tried out using my laptop with a real mouse.  I will conduct that
> > experiment soon.  If I can get my laptop computer to recognize a real mouse
> > when in real mode, then I will try out the problem web page again while
> 
>  My laptop has a bios setting to enable/disable the trackpad.  To use
> external mouse, disable.  Does CuteMouse have a ps/2 parameter switch.

    Yes, it does.
 
> Seems trackpads are ps/2 based.

Regards,
          Ron

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