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pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard ) writes:

>What is the typical way this kind of thing is done?  Do programs actually
>trap the serial signals sent by the mouse itself, or do they depend on the
>int 33h functions?

I strongly suggest you use int 33h subfunction 12 to have the mouse driver
call your code to handle the mouse events.

>I notice the int 33h functions mostly deal with a row and column, and I
>assume this refers to the existing video mode.  Can the mouse drivers
>handle all the video modes at least through to 1280x1024 in terms of
>knowing correctly the number of columns and rows?  Or do you HAVE to use
>functions 7 and 8 to tell the driver?

Use subfunction 12 and draw the mouse cursor yourself.  I don't know of
any mouse drivers that know of all the various super VGA modes.

Alternately you can use a graphics library that does all this for you.

Flash Graphics from FlashTek, Inc. is one such library...
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