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Re: question: SoftPC and spice

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From: Tim Buck
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 00:32
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In article <1992Sep3.221211.4413@rtsg.mot.com> schulkow@tophat2 (Diane Schulkowski) writes:
>I have a NeXT Colorstation, and I would like to run Spice (a DOS app for  
>circuit analysis) using SoftPC.  I'm having a problem using the mouse.
>
>Although I have turned on the mouse capability with SoftPC, and I can  
>control the arrow cursor, I cannot use the buttons to select a menu item.   
>Is there a special procedure for using the NeXT mouse with DOS  
>applications?
>
>I tried to search the FAQ list (I have one in LocalApps), but I did not  
>see the answer to this.  Is there a FAQ list on the net?
>
>Thanks for any insight into this problem.
>
>Diane Schulkowski
>schulkow@rtsg.mot.com

You need the Insignia mouse driver in your startup files (it's either
MOUSE.SYS in CONFIG.SYS or MOUSE.COM in AUTOEXEC.BAT).  The mouse driver can
be found in the C:\INSIGNIA directory.

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Subject: Re: question: SoftPC and spice
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