heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (05/01/87)
I have an early PC 6300 that has been upgraded to 1.43 PROMS and MS-DOS 3.2. I have an early 6300 mouse (the kind that plugs into the keyboard). With it, came an upgrade chip for inside the keyboard, which I installed. The mouse software claims, I believe, to be 1.0. I've used the mouse successfully with a couple of pieces of software, including a version of MS-Windows for the 6300 and the PC-Layers software (neither of which I use any longer). When I try to use the mouse in QuickBasic, the mouse cursor moves around ok, but garbage characters are input into the window, as well. Is there some dumb configuration option I need to use? Or, do I have an obsolete set of mouse software? Or, should I just go out and plunk down $100 on a real Microsoft Mouse? (And, is the Microsoft Bus mouse ok in the 6300?) Thanks a bunch. -- Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.UUCP Moderator: comp.newprod & comp.unix Motorola Microcomputer Division (MCD), Schaumburg, IL "I am not elsewhere."
jkg@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Jim Greenlee) (05/01/87)
In article <439@mcdchg.UUCP> heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (Ron Heiby) writes: > [...] Is there >some dumb configuration option I need to use? Or, do I have an obsolete >set of mouse software? Or, should I just go out and plunk down $100 on >a real Microsoft Mouse? (And, is the Microsoft Bus mouse ok in the 6300?) I don't know about configuring your AT&T (actually Logi-) mouse, but I've been using a Microsoft Bus Mouse V5.03 on my 6300 for over 6 months with no problems whatsoever. PC-Paint and Menu (a program that allows you to create mouse interfaces for programs that don't support a mouse) also work. I polled the net right before I bought it and the consensus seemed to be the best mouse to use was the Logimouse C7 (available only in the serial version then), with MS Mouse running a close second. Since I didn't want to give up my serial port, I opted for the MS Mouse. Logitech has since come out with a bus version of the C7. I don't know anything about it, but it might be worth checking into. Jim Greenlee -- The Shadow...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!jkg Jryy, abj lbh'ir tbar naq qbar vg! Whfg unq gb xrrc svqqyvat jvgu vg hagvy lbh oebxr vg, qvqa'g lbh?!
siewert@uwmacc.UUCP (dean d siewert) (05/10/87)
As far as I know, you are out of luck with the AT&T mouse. It is a funny situation where Microsoft is one of the few companies that can not write code compatable with all "Microsoft Compat Mice". If they get enough complaints, perhaps the upgrade may fix the situation. (As it did with their windows upgrade.)