| From: | Matthew Allatt |
| Date: | 27 Sep 2000 at 01:09:24 |
| Subject: | Re: Drivin' Miss Mouse |
Hello cinema
On 26-Sep-00, you wrote:
<rather hefty snip>
> have installed 'serial mouse' using the Twister as Unit 1
Jeez, you want to use a twister as a serial mouse port?
What a waste! use the regular internal one for it,
it's not as good as a twister, buy it is still more than
adequate for driving a serial mouse about. Hang a modem off the twister,
ISDN line or something, but please not a serial mouse!
> and installing the device in Sys:c. The relevant change has
> been made to my user start-up but no joy. I am considering
hmmm, don't exactly know which mouse software you are
using here, but twister (I have one myself) is not classed as serial.device,
unit 1. It is twister.device, unit 0.
> changing my start-up sequence. Short of buying a punchinello
> or whatever - anyone any other suggestions?
If you want a mouse that you can use for anything - non-standard bootup
games, etc. You either need a normal Amiga mouse. I think Eyetech sell a
load (no, I do not work for Eyetech) rather cheaply. Failing that, the
Punchinello sounds like your best option. I do not have one myself, but I
do hear good things about it, and it does open you up to a whole world of
options, rodent-wise.
Serial mice give you a similar range of options (driver software
permitting), but require Workbench to be running.
The choice is yours.
Matt.
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