Re: Mouse programming from BASIC

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

<bobryan9@my-dejanews.com> wrote:

> To turn the mouse card on, you need to set output to slot 4 (or whatever
> slot the mouse is in), and send the card a Chr$(1).
> 
> print chr$(4);"PR#4"
> print chr$(1)
> print chr$(4);"pr#1"

Did you really want to output to the printer after activating the mouse?
Perhaps that last line was supposed to be PR#0.

> What do I send to the mouse card to turn it off?

Same sequence, but send CHR$(0) to the card.

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David Empson
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