Mouse hookup

[robertf@pro-lep.cts.com (Robert Fletcher)]

:  So I have been told that a mouse is hooked up to the game port of my
:machine, but are there other ways of doing it? My GEOs program had me put
a
:special card into my mother board if I did not have a mouse. So will some
:of my program, that use the mouse, need that mouse to be in a special
:place?
:  I am going to use it to draw with, so I wont to have a curser that does
:not dances all over the screen. I have a grahic pad and that thing is all
:most useless.
  Thanks in advace