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"Prashant TR" <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
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>
> Microsoft has nothing to do with drivers
> (except possibly for their MS-Mouse).

Which set the standard for protocol. Most modern mice use
M$'s protocol and are mostly compatible with M$'s drivers.

> And mouse drivers for DOS are available.
> They come with the hardware, generally.

Came. Past tense.
I dare you to find the DOS driver disk for your USB mouse.

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