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- Technical Support Help Sheet 026
- BIG NOTE added by Peter Koletzke (interested user)
-
- Subject: Using LOGITECH Products under IBM OS/2
-
- Solution:
- Mouse Hardware
- --------------
-
- All Logitech Mice work with the IBM OS/2 mouse drivers.
- Proper installation for the various types of mice is as follows:
-
- Serial Mouse
- Select "PC Mouse Systems Mouse" during OS/2 installation.
-
- BIG NOTE: In OS/2, version 1.2, if you start in DOS and use the BOOT
- program to switch to OS/2, the mouse may not work if it is not
- configured as a PC Mouse Systems Mouse. To do that, while in DOS, ]
- enter the command:
-
- MOUSE PC
-
- (assuming MOUSE.COM is in the path). Then use the BOOT program
- to get into OS/2:
-
- \OS2\BOOT /OS2
-
- The specific lines you need in the CONFIG.OS2 (which is renamed to
- CONFIG.SYS by BOOT):
-
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\PCMOU01.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS TYPE=PCMOU$
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM01.SYS
-
- This assumes you are using COM1 as the mouse port.
-
- The mouse should work fine if you are in OS/2 and turn your machine
- off, then turn it on again. CONFIG.SYS will initialize the mouse as
- a PC Mouse Systems Mouse automatically. You only need the above
- procedure if you start in DOS and switch to OS/2 with BOOT because
- BOOT does a warm boot which does not reinitialize the mouse.
-
- Bus Mouse, EGA-&-Mouse
- Select "Microsoft Mouse, Bus Version" during OS/2 installation
- .
-
- Series/2 Mouse
- Install as IBM PS/2/Microsoft Inport Mouse during OS/2 installation
-
-
- EGA-&-Mouse Board
- The EGA board works well under OS/2 provided the switches are set to
- make it look like a standard EGA - Autoswitching OFF, with enhanced
- display (in some circumstances the board works when set to an Autosynch
- display). We have AutoCAD and Windows drivers that can put the Monitor
- in 640x480 mode, and they work in the DOS box, but switching to OS/2 and
- back gets you a corrupted screen. OS/2 will not boot if Autoswitching is
- set to ON.
-
-
- Mouse Software
- --------------
-
- All of the software mentioned below can only be run in the DOS
- Compatibility Box (also known as Real Mode).
-
- Driver
- The DOS driver can only be run if the OS/2 driver is not loaded, the DOS
- driver works perfectly in the Compatibility Box.
- Customers who do not have OS/2 applications that use a mouse should use
- the DOS driver, since it appears to update the cursor more frequently,
- giving smoother motion.
- Click & Menu are both Compatible in the Real Mode.
-
-
- Logitech's Bundled Programs
- ---------------------------
-
- LOGICADD (Generic CADD)
- Can only be used if the OS/2 mouse driver is not installed, because it
- tries to take over the interrupt for the mouse (which is not allowed by
- OS/2). It does work if the DOS driver is installed.
-
- Logitech Publisher (First Publisher)
- Works with both the OS/2 driver and the DOS driver.
-
- LOGIPAINT (PC Paintbrush)
- Works with both the OS/2 driver and the DOS driver.
-
- Logitech PaintShow
- Works with both the OS/2 driver and the DOS driver. Use the EGA mode for
- proper operation.
-