Hi! 4-Янв-2008 15:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net:
EA> you are right, disabling the wheel only helps compatibility EA> in the PS2 case. But as said, I assumed that wheel usage in EA> DOS is rare, so /O (OPT_noWheel) affects both PS2 and COM EA> at the moment even though COM wheels seem to be no real risk EA> for compatibility... Would be easy to change :-). Maybe you EA> can think of a good line for the /? screen to describe your EA> suggested /O option style. /3 - force 3-button mode (for Microsoft and PS/2 mice only) force wheel support (for PS/2 mice) BTW, /3 option was used to force middle button support through L+R extension. Now there remains only option. >> AM> I can tell is that Cutemouse 1.6b can use ANY serial mouse and >> AM> switch ON THE FLY from ANY serial mouse to ANY other mouse. >> Including MSys? I remember we discuss reinitializing UART EA> Alain has already clarified in another mail: His code only EA> supports on the fly detection of the 7bit serial mouse types, EA> it does never switch to MSys or other. Luckily ;-). He clarify, that MSys supported too. :) >> >> releasing it once to get the driver back in sync. But maybe >> >> there are other protocols where for example "LR encodes a M >> >> toggle" is used to get along with only 3 bytes...? >> was idea for it support, but it was excluded after some testing. EA> Actually, are there mice which use such a protocol? Or are I doubt. Why, if there is MS+wheel protocol? EA> they "dinosaurs" like ancient Genius mice before they learned EA> to use the MS protocol for 2 or all 3 buttons...? ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel