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From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:05:44 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To: MORRIS JP <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] 7k mouse driver
In-Reply-To: <199702071659.QAA22809@milly>
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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, MORRIS JP wrote:

> > C or ASM is fine.  I personally would prefer that DOS code is
> > written in ASM as much as possible though.  Reason: SIZE!!!!!  I
> > have a 19k mouse driver.  My friend's mouse driver is 9k.  They
> > are both dated from the same time.  Why is mine 19k?  Probably
> > because it is written in C! (It is, I've examined it's memory
> > wastage in memory with debug).
> 
> This is a bit off-topic, but for those of you fed up with large mouse
> drivers, there is a driver called cutemouse 1.2 (ctmous12.zip I think)
> 
> It is 7k long, and 95% microsoft compatible.
> 
> I found it somewhere on simtel, and it is quite good..
> 
> Hope that's useful, and hope there isn't a huge mouse driver thread coming..

Thanks, I just dl'd it and will try it out in DOS later.  Hope it
works with my 3 button DEXXA.

Thanks again!

Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
Computer Consultant   |    My webpage has moved and my address has changed.
My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html
mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca

DOS must have's: 4DOS 5.50c  ftp://ftp.std.com/vendors/jpsoft

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