dubose_b@wums.wustl.edu (Bob DuBose) (04/27/90)
In article <49fad291.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>, rickh@apollo.HP.COM (Richard Hohmann) writes: > I am trying to write a windowing command processor using my > VGA's 800x600 mode. I have Version 6.11 of Microsoft's mouse.com > driver. I use INT 33h to acknowledge the mouse driver and I try > to turn it on with subfunction 01h, giving it a pattern with > subfunction 09h. I don't see anything on the screen. Is this > because the driver doesn't know about the extended graphics mode > (mode 58h, I think)? Is there a newer version of the driver that > will recognize this mode? Do I have to write my own (please say > 'no')? No, the MS mouse driver won't support the SVGA modes. I'd check first with the manufacturer of your VGA card to see if they have anything. Beyond that, there are a few graphics libraries (like Metawindow) that will supply a graphics cursor for a mouse, provided that they support your graphics card, if you want to go that route. ------------------------------------------------------------ Bob DuBose dubose_b@wums.wustl.edu Department of Genetics bdb@agar.wustl.edu Washington University in St. Louis ------------------------------------------------------------ "1 + 1 it could manage (2) and 1 + 2 (3) and 2 + 2 (4) or tan 74 (3.4874145), but anything above 4 it represented merely as 'A Suffusion of Yellow.' Dirk was not certain if this was a programming error or an insight above his ability to fathom...."
msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS) (05/08/90)
In article <3486.263780bf@wums.wustl.edu> dubose_b@wums.wustl.edu (Bob DuBose) writes: > No, the MS mouse driver won't support the SVGA modes. I'd check first > with the manufacturer of your VGA card to see if they have anything. > Beyond that, there are a few graphics libraries (like Metawindow) that > will supply a graphics cursor for a mouse, provided that they support > your graphics card, if you want to go that route. Does anybody have a mouse driver that supports the SVGA modes of a Tseng based VGA card (like the Orchid Pro-designer)? Thanks, Michael Schaap, msschaa@cs.vu.nl