AMOUSE.SYS: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:27, 20 August 2025

Product Support
OS/2 1.3
OS/2 2.0
OS/2 2.1
OS/2 2.11 SMP
OS/2 Warp 3	S
OS/2 Warp Connect	S
OS/2 Warp 4	S
OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business	S

Mouse Driver for Wheel Mice. like e.g. the:

Logitech Pilot Mouse+
Logitech Mouse Man+
Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse
Microsoft Intellimouse
IBM Scrollpoint Mouse
Typhoon 40159
Trust 250S

Syntax

DEVICE=?:\OS2\BOOT\AMOUSE.SYS

Parameters

/V: Display informational messages during boot.
/RELAXED: Enables relaxed sync detection.
/QSIZE=n: Specifies the queue size for certain types of mice.
/TYPE=s
/STYPE=s
/SERIAL=s: COMn or NONE
/LINEAR=n: n=1..9
/FORCEON: Force reporting of a PDI mouse, even if none is found.
/NOVMAPI: Disables the VM API (VMWare and VBOX). This disables the VM mouse integration.
/USBONLY: Disables initialization of all mouse types except for USB mice.

Additional debugging options:

/BP: Execute an int 3 breakpoint immediately upon parsing this switch.

/DBG:n

/WRAP: Causes the debug buffer to wrap. The default is nowrap.

/COM:<port>

Causes debug messages to be output to the specified serial port.

1=0x3f8, 2=0x2f8, 0xnnnn specifies the COM port base address.

/BAUD:<baud>

Sets the serial Port to the specified speed. Only valid if /COM is specified first.

Remarks

NOTE: With AMouse installed, XFree86 refuses to work.

Links

Arca Noae's AMOUSE

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+{{ProdS |V30=S|V31=S|V40=S|V45=S}}
 Mouse Driver for Wheel Mice. like e.g. the:
 * Logitech Pilot Mouse+
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 * Trust 250S
-  DEVICE=AMOUSE.SYS
+==Syntax==
+  DEVICE=?:\OS2\BOOT\AMOUSE.SYS
-'''NOTE:''' With AMouse installed XFree86 refuses to work
+==Parameters==
-Available for FREE at http://home.t-online.de/home/klaus.breining/
+;/V:Display informational messages during boot.
+;/RELAXED:Enables relaxed sync detection.
+;/QSIZE=n:Specifies the queue size for certain types of mice.
+;/TYPE=s
+;/STYPE=s
+;/SERIAL=s:COMn or NONE
+;/LINEAR=n:n=1..9
+;/FORCEON:Force reporting of a PDI mouse, even if none is found.
+;/NOVMAPI:Disables the VM API (VMWare and VBOX). This disables the VM mouse integration.
+;/USBONLY:Disables initialization of all mouse types except for USB mice.
-{| class="wikitable"
+Additional debugging options:
-|+Platform Support:
+;/BP:Execute an int 3 breakpoint immediately upon parsing this switch.
-!OS/2 2.x
-!OS/2 3.0
+'''/DBG:n'''
-!OS/2 4.0
-!OS/2 4.5x
+;/WRAP:Causes the debug buffer to wrap. The default is nowrap.
-|-
-|No
+'''/COM:<port>'''
-|Yes
+:Causes debug messages to be output to the specified serial port.
-|Yes
+:1=0x3f8, 2=0x2f8, 0xnnnn specifies the COM port base address.
-|Yes
-|}
+'''/BAUD:<baud>'''
+:Sets the serial Port to the specified speed. Only valid if /COM is specified first.
+==Remarks==
+;NOTE:With AMouse installed, XFree86 refuses to work.
+==Links==
+* [https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/amouse/ Arca Noae's AMOUSE]
 [[Category:DEVICE Statements]]