Re: Help! IIe mouse/Mousepaint questions

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <smtrimbl-0806961611050001@news.cc.ukans.edu>,
Shawn <smtrimbl@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> wrote:
>I just got a secondhand IIe mouse complete with box and connector card for
>my unenhanced IIe, BUT it's missing any docs and the Mousepaint program. 
>SOOO... being that I'm relatively new at this Apple II set-up stuff I need
>some help (please!) with a couple of questions...

>1. Does anybody have a copy of Mousepaint I could buy cheaply?  

   That program kinda, well, sucked. Basically, just like the original
MacPaint for the 128K Macintosh. (Same author. Go figure) Get Dazzle
Draw or something else.

>2. How exactly do I install the card... ie, what slot?  What commands will
>I need to boot it?  Just the PR# command? 

   Recommended slot is slot 4. You don't 'boot' a mouse card any more
than you do a printer-- the software talks to it when it needs to run.

>3. Do I need to enhance my IIe to get it to work?

   I don't think so, but a bunch of programs that work with the mouse
might.

>4. What OTHER programs will work with the mouse on my IIe?  Any suggestions?

   Painting: Dazzle Draw.

   Word Processing: Multiscribe (== Beaglewrite), MouseWord, a few
others. Not too much software, unfortunately.

Nathan Mates
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