Message-ID: <35667168.54291C3A@Mindless.com> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 23:49:12 -0700 From: Daniel de Haan 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk 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.