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[Clay Clear]

For the next PB/DOS, would it possible to include a builtin
mouse library, that could be en(dis)abled with $LIB MOUSE?

This is not a critical thing, though, just a "nice-to-have" item.
For now, I am going to research my Ralf Brown's lists for the
applicable interrupts and build my own library. Yes, I am aware of
the MOUSUNIT.BAS that ships with PB/DOS 3.5, but: (1) I try to
remain sensitive to copyright issues (2) I'm a "roll my own" type
of guy.




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[Lance Edmonds]

I think we've covered this before...?

Briefly, if you own a PB/DOS license, then the code in MOUSUNIT.BAS can be used in your own applications with no copyright problems at all.

However, redistributing the source code is a completely different matter.

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[Tony Burcham]

Hi Clay,
There are two programs in the download area for serial-mouse
"drivers" (they're also in the source code forum).

PBMouse.zip
3BMouse.zip

The first is for 2-button mice and the second is for 3. The names
of the files are rather odd because the 3-button version was an
after-thought, and it seemed a bit too late to change them).
These don't use interrupts nor require external drivers: they use
direct access to hardware ports. They're both public domain.

Tony Burcham

[This message has been edited by Tony Burcham (edited March 13, 2003).]

[Clay Clear]

Thanks, Tony.


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