From:	Fabrice ILPONSE <fabrice AT asim DOT lip6 DOT fr>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Mouse in SVGA Mode
Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:34:30 +0100
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Airhead Zoom wrote:
> 
> Hello everybody.
> 
> I've had the same problem and solved it in the same way a few years ago, but
> discovered that the mouse pointer 'skipped' pixels.
> I mean by this, that when I moved the mouse ONE pixel, the mouse cursor moved
> TWO pixels. This was only in the X-direction, not the Y-direction.
> It could be a software problem (it was one of my first programs), but I'm not
> sure.
> Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

	Easy!! :)

	There are 2 functions of the mouse driver you can use to set the max X
and max Y coordonates.
	You just have to set them to SCREENX and SCREENY
 	(and even more SCREENX*w SCREENY*z and devide the return X and Y by w
and z.)

> I sure hope there's a better way than just reading the ports, because that
> really is no fun!
> (I just used interrupts)
> 
> Greetz,
> 
> Airhead Zoom of Dancing Pumpkin Productions

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