NewDeal Technical Support Document 217
MOUSE HELP
Tips about installing and using your mouse
This document is primarily about how to choose and install the correct
mouse driver. We will assume that your mouse is in good working order and
not does not need mechanical repair. Sometimes a mouse will malfunction
because it's dirty. Dust and dirt which has accumulated on the ball or
rollers can usually be cleaned off. Check the documentation for your mouse
for the correct cleaning procedures. Some symptoms of a dirty mouse
include erratic (jumpy) movement of the mouse pointer or the mouse pointer
only moving in one direction, either only horizontally or only vertically.
Mice can be a matter of trial and error
We have been able to get any mouse to work properly on any machine we've
tried by finding the right combination of mouse drivers.
Sometimes it involves a "trial and error" procedure.
The most common "fix" is to install
the driver that came with your mouse (usually something like MOUSE.COM
in your autoexec.bat file or MOUSE.SYS in your config.sys file) and then
choose the driver in your NewDeal software that is named "MOUSE.COM
or MOUSE.SYS". Many mice come with a floppy disk that will install
the mouse driver automatically. Some of them come with TSR or menu
programs that might conflict with NewDeal's mouse driver. If you're having
trouble, choose to not install those TSR's, if possible, or remove or
disable them.
Some things to try
If you are loading the file MOUSE.COM in your AUTOEXEC.BAT, try using the
MOUSE.SYS file in your CONFIG.SYS instead, or viceversa.
If you have extended memory and you are loading
the mouse driver high (with a devicehigh, hiload, or loadhigh command),
try loading it normally in conventional memory.
Try to get the newest version of the mouse driver for your mouse. A new
driver is usually available from the manufacturer of the mouse.
Some menu programs interfere with the operation
of mice on some machines. If you use a menu program, try running without
it. If that solves the problem, consider eliminating the menu program or
try a different one.
If you are loading a mouse.com or mouse.sys driver,
try the "MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS" driver in NewDeal's
Preferences. But don't stop there. If that doesn't work, try "nothing
else works" or try "no idea" or try the driver that is
named the same as the brand of mouse that you have or try the one that
says it is compatible with the brand you have.
If you are running NewDeal from Windows, use the driver in NewDeal
named "No Idea" or the one named "Windows 95 mouse support already
installed."
If you are loading a mouse related file called "Cloaking," try removing
it. Apparently mouse "cloaking" attempts to load the mouse driver into
upper or extended memory in a way that conflicts with NewDeal software
on some systems.
Hidecom
Some machines require the use of Hidecom. HIDECOM1.COM and HIDECOM2.COM
are installed into the directory where you installed your NewDeal
software. Hidecom is a tiny program that, when run once from your
AUTOEXEC.BAT (after loading your MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS driver) should
prevent your mouse from freezing when you launch Preferences, NewDex, or
NewComm. HIDECOM1.COM will only help if your mouse is on COM1.
HIDECOM2.COM will only help if your mouse is on COM2. They will
effectively hide the COM port, but could confuse other software. Programs
that talk directly to the COM ports will likely not have any trouble with
this.
To test whether HIDECOM will work, run it from
the DOS prompt before launching your NewDeal software. If it solves your
problem, then consider adding it to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
With a little patience and experimentation, you
can probably find a combination that works.
Summa-Graphics Digitizing Pad
The Summa Graphics Digitizing Pad is a pointing device that includes
software SMOUSE.COM and SMOUSE.SYS which are supposed to make it emulate a
Microsoft Serial mouse. The Summa Graphics tablet will work in absolute
mode with the Generic Tablet driver. You must load the DOS driver that
comes with the tablet.
KLH 386SX champion uses Other 2-button serial
The KLH 386SX Champion comes with a 2-button serial mouse marked "Mouse
Systems." If the Mouse Systems driver does not work, try the "Other
2-button serial" driver.
Mouse Systems White Mouse, bus version
The White Mouse bus mouse is like their PC Mouse bus mouse,
namely a serial mouse with a card that has a serial port at
a non-standard address. Use the PCSMOUSE.COM or
PCSMOUSE.SYS that comes with the mouse and the "Nothing
Else Works" driver in your NewDeal software.
Packard Bell LMOUSE.COM LightMouse driver
The Packard Bell LightMouse optical mouse driver (LMOUSE.COM) apparently
hides its port from DOS, which effectively hides the port from our
software, too. When LMOUSE.COM is not loaded, then our software sees the
ports normally and the "Mouse Systems Compatible Serial" driver works.
Icontroller Joystick by Sun Comm
A user reports that the Icontroller will work using the Microsoft Serial
Mouse driver.
J-mouse pointing device
Home Row, Inc., makers of the J-mouse pointing device, tell us the device
does not work with our software.
MSCMOUSE.EXE or MSCMOUSE.COM
There have been reports that NewDeal software may be incompatible with
the mouse drivers named MSCMOUSE.EXE or MSCMOUSE.COM. Symptoms included
KR-07 errors when renaming files, adding to the user dictionary, or trying
to save files in NewCalc. Using a different DOS mouse driver solved the
problem in all reported cases.
Tip for left-handed users
Are you left-handed? Do you want to switch the mouse buttons so that right
clicks are left clicks and left clicks are right clicks? It's easy to do
in NewDeal software. Run Preferences, Mouse and choose Left-Handed under
Button Configuration.
If your software does not have an option for Button Configuration,
consider upgrading to a newer version of NewDeal. While waiting for your
upgrade to arrive, you can switch the buttons by editing the GEOS.INI
file:
- Exit your NewDeal software.
- Use your DOS editor, Windows Notepad, or any text editor to modify
your GEOS.INI file as follows:
- Find the section named [input].
- If there is no [input] section, create one.
- Change the line
left handed = false
to
left handed = true
- If there is no "left handed" line, then add this line to the
[input] section:
left handed = true
- Save your changes to the GEOS.INI file.
If you have a three button mouse, the middle button will be unaffected.
Ever want to know which driver a mouse is
actually using?
absgen.geo
- Generic Light Pen
- Generic Touch Screen
- Generic Tablet
- Generic Digitizer
- UnMouse Touch Tablet
- Elographics Touch Screen
- SummaGraphics SummaSketch
- Wacom ArtPad
genmouse.geo
- MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS
- Nothing else works
- Generic
kbmouse.geo
- Arrow Key Mouse (Use Ins, Del, and F4.)
logibus.geo
- ATI VGA Wonder+ Bus Mouse
- Logitech Bus Mouse
- Logitech Bus Trackball
- Logitech Hi-Rez Bus Mouse
- Microsoft Bus Mouse (large 9-pin plug)
- Other Bus Mouse
logiser.geo
- Logitech C-7, 3-button Serial
- Logitech Series 9, 3-button Serial
- Logitech Serial Trackball
- Logitech Hi-Rez Serial
- NewIdea Beetle Mouse (Serial)
msbus.geo
- Microsoft Bus Mouse (circular plug)
msser.geo
- Microsoft Serial
- Kraft Serial Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- Genius Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- Acer Serial
- Tandy Serial
- Dexxa Serial
- Microsoft-compatible Serial
- Other 2-button Serial
- Logitech 2-button Serial
- Mouse Systems 2-button Serial
- Mouse Systems Serial Trackball
- Kensington Serial Trackball
- Laser 3-button (Microsoft Mode)
- Artec AM-21 Plus (Microsoft Mode)
- CH Products RollerMouse
- Commax Witty Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- Commax Fancy Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- Commax Witty Ball (Microsoft Mode)
- Dell Serial Mouse
- DMS-200 Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- DMS-200H Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- Focus FT-100 Tracker (Microsoft Mode)
- Fulcrum Trackball Plus (Microsoft Mode)
- IMCS The MousePen (Serial)
- IMSI Mechanical Mouse (Microsoft Mode)
- ITAC Mouse-trak Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- Marconi Marcus RB2-305
- Marconi Marcus RB2-306
- MicroSpeed PC-Trac Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- MicroSpeed FastTRAP Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- Mouse Systems OmniMouse II Serial
- The White Mouse Serial (Microsoft Mode)
- Mouse Systems PC Trackball Serial
- Logitech MouseMan (Serial)
- Logitech TrackMan Portable (Serial)
- Logitech First Mouse (Serial)
- Philips Serial
msys.geo
- Artec AM-21 Plus (Mouse Systems Mode)
- CMS Hi-res Mini Mouse Serial
- CMS Mini Mouse Serial
- Commax Fancy Mouse (Mouse Systems Mode)
- Commax Witty Ball (Mouse Systems Mode)
- Commax Witty Mouse (Mouse Systems Mode)
- DFI DMS-200 Mouse (Mouse Systems Mode)
- DFI DMS-200H Mouse (Mouse Systems Mode)
- Focus FT-100 Tracker (Mouse Systems Mode)
- Fulcrum Trackball Plus (Mouse Systems Mode)
- Genius Serial (Mouse Systems Mode)
- IMSI OptiMouse
- ITAC Mouse-trak Serial (Mouse Systems Mode)
- Laser 3-button Serial (Mouse Systems Mode)
- MicroSpeed FastTRAP Serial (Mouse Systems Mode)
- MicroSpeed PC-Trac Serial (Mouse Systems Mode)
- Mouse Systems Serial
- Mouse Systems-compatible Serial
- Other 3-button Serial
- PC-Mouse Serial
- Qtronix Mighty Cat
- The White Mouse Serial (Mouse Systems Mode)
ps2.geo
- IBM PS/2 Mouse
- Interrupt-12-type Mouse
- Auxiliary Port Mouse
- PS/2-style Mouse
- Logitech PS/2 Mouse
- Logitech Series 2 Mouse
- Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
- Logitech TrackMan Portable (PS/2-style)
Last Modified 17 Feb 1999