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Article #36088Re: INIT 30, Fancy Mouse Tracking
From: Victor O'Rear
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1989 00:34
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1989 00:34
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In article <23342@apple.Apple.COM> tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) writes:
>In article <65919@ti-csl.CSNET> holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander) writes:
>>In article <22462@apple.Apple.COM> tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) writes:
>>>Prior to Macintosh II, there were only 2 mouse speeds. INIT 30 replaces
>>>this with the five speeds now available today. It is not needed for the
>>>Mac II, as it is in ROM.
>>
>>I'd like more! I know there's a commercial CDEV that does this, but, $50
>>for the ability to change 8 bytes in memory seems too high. Does anyone
>>know how to get a handle to these 8 bytes? I couldn't find anything in
>>IM or tech notes.
>
>It's in the system file. Resources 'mcky' numbered 0 to 4 are the ones to
>change. 0 is tablet, 4 is fastest.
>
> _emt
There is also a CDEV called Pointing Device 1.2 that will modify the mcky
resources. I thought I got it off comp.binaries, but I will send to the
moderator if he asks.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!hplabs!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!crash!victoro From: victoro@crash.cts.com (Victor O'Rear) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: INIT 30, Fancy Mouse Tracking Keywords: INIT, Installer Message-ID: <3675@crash.cts.com> Date: 8 Jan 89 00:34:35 GMT References: <8420@ut-emx.UUCP> <22462@apple.Apple.COM> <65919@ti-csl.CSNET> <23342@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: victoro@crash.CTS.COM (Dr. Snuggles) Organization: Crash TS, El Cajon, CA Lines: 30