Auto-detecting a mouse

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From: EAVES,HUGH
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 1990 15:06

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I'm writing a program that uses some of the mouse driver's interrupt routines
(int 33h). How do I check to see if a mouse driver is present on my system
before I make any calls?

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From: hleaves@ruby.vcu.edu (EAVES,HUGH)
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Subject: Auto-detecting a mouse
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