Message-ID:	<35667168.54291C3A@Mindless.com>
Date:	Fri, 22 May 1998 23:49:12 -0700
From:	Daniel de Haan <Zeron AT Mindless DOT com>
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: DR-DOS mouse driver? please!
References:	<2 DOT 2 DOT 16 DOT 19980522043549 DOT 095f2c2c AT mustafa DOT hempseed DOT com>

Caldera did make a mouse dirver, it takes little memory and works well. 
It is inthe DR-WebSpyder 2.0 demo release, when you copy the disk image
to a floppy it is in the root directory, a file called DRMOUSE.COM

 
>Why didnt Caldera include a basic mouse driver with DR-Dos? I would > >really like to see a basic mouse driver (M$ mouse compatable) that > would use the DPMS to load into XMS.
> 
> I know that all new mouses (mice?) come with there own driver, but I
> volinteer for an organization that takes donations of used computers,
> repaires them and passes them along to low income families with > children. So we end up with a lot of older stuff like 286's, 386's, > etc. and dont have any funding execpt for donations to buy new > hardware and software.
> 
> We are using DR-Dos 7.02 and New Deal School Suite, Newdeal gave us a > great deal an a multiuser licence, seems M$ is too big and powerfull > to donate anything to a worthy cause like ours or to give us a price > break (and we are in Washington state!) New Deal being a GUI requires > a mouse, we have several and could use a freeware mouse driver so as > > not to "step on M$ toes" by using there mouse driver without paying > for it.

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