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Q28684: Mouse Driver Command Line Switches

Article: Q28684
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00 6.02 6.10 1.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 21-APR-1988

The following are command-line switches for mouse driver 6.00 and above:

   SWITCH       DESCRIPTION

   /B           Look for Bus or InPort mouse at primary address
   /I1          InPort mouse at primary address
   /I2          InPort mouse at secondary address
   /C1          Serial mouse on COM1
   /C2          Serial mouse on COM2
   /S <nnn>     Horizontal and vertical sensitivity <nnn> = 0 to 100
   /H <nnn>     Horizontal sensitivity
   /V <nnn>     Vertical sensitivity
   /R0          InPort interupt rate disabled
   /R1          InPort interupt rate 30Hz (default)
   /R2          InPort interupt rate 50Hz
   /R3          InPort interupt rate 100Hz
   /R4          InPort interupt rate 200Hz

   Example: mouse /s75    <- sets mouse sensitivity to 75 (50 default)

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