randall@Virginia.EDU (Randall Atkinson) (04/10/91)
In article <105414@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> mcmillan@harpsichord.cis.ohio-state.edu (Harold McMillan) writes: >It seems that the problem with the GP exception in Borland C++ 2.0 >that I posted earlier may have to do with the Microsoft mouse driver. >Someone sent me mail to this effect, and I have not seen the problem >recur without the mouse driver loaded. Now, how on earth did Borland >design BCX to be incompatible with the Microsoft Mouse, or did they >just see this as a way to get back at Microsoft? Gee, why jump to unwarranted conclusions ? The problem is that OLDER versions of the MS Mouse driver aren't compatible. BC++ is fully compatible with the current MS Mouse driver. The fix reported by others on the net is to get a current MS Mouse device driver...
danderer@brahms.udel.edu (Dave Anderer) (04/12/91)
In article <1991Apr9.201916.17649@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> randall@Virginia.EDU (Randall Atkinson) writes: > >Gee, why jump to unwarranted conclusions ? The problem is that >OLDER versions of the MS Mouse driver aren't compatible. BC++ is >fully compatible with the current MS Mouse driver. The fix reported >by others on the net is to get a current MS Mouse device driver... Hmm. I've got the problem (moving my genuine MS-Mouse crashes my AT within BC++) and I'm running the 7.04 driver. Are you saying that version is too old? -- Dave Anderer danderer@brahms.udel.edu (302) 451-8805 Instructional Technology Center, University of Delaware, Newark, De. 19716 "Sinners can repent; stupid is forever."