rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) (03/31/91)
A short while ago I glimpsed a program called PMM on a local BBS which provided a standard mouse.com interface to programs, using the joystick for input. However, that BBS has gone down, and I can't find the program elsewhere, and I don't have the time to duplicate it. Can anybody provide a pointer to it (or something equivalent), or mail me a copy (it was quite small)? Why would I want such a thing, you may ask. Well, the joystick port doesn't need an IRQ line, and in some systems there is none to spare; I can buy joysticks for $5.; and there are a few applications in which a self-centering mouse would be a good thing. These reasons don't usually coincide in one system, but anyway it seems like it would be a useful capability. Thanks very much. //richard
frank@cavebbs.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst) (04/01/91)
>A short while ago I glimpsed a program called PMM on a local BBS which >provided a standard mouse.com interface to programs, using the >joystick for input. However, that BBS has gone down, and I can't find >the program elsewhere, and I don't have the time to duplicate it. Can >anybody provide a pointer to it (or something equivalent), or mail me >a copy (it was quite small)? I've written (well, patched a MOUSE.COM file) to do just what you want. It's available on BBSs here in Wgtn, NZ, and probably elsewhere too. I'm happy to mail it to you if you'll upload it to your local BBSs, and/or to some of the large USENet archives.' -- Take a walk on the wild side, and I don't mean the Milford Track.