SCROLLMS.TXT File
ScrollPoint Mouse Device Driver for OS/2
Version 2.01
May 3, 1999
(c) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation, 1998-1999.
All rights Reserved.
Contents
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1.0 Installation Instructions
2.0 Hardware Considerations
3.0 Scrolling Mouse Operating Parameters
3.1 Stick-Type Scrolling Mouse
3.2 Wheel-Type Scrolling Mouse
3.3 Scrolling Mouse Properties Page
4.0 Copyright and Trademark Information
5.0 Uninstall Instructions
1.0 Installation Instructions
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This installation package contains the following files:
- MOUINST.EXE Executable that installs your scrolling mouse
- MOUSE.SYS ScrollPoint mouse device driver
- SCROLLMS.TXT This file that you are reading
In addition, there are 14 language specific subdirectories that each
contain the following files:
- WPSTKMOU.DLL Mouse functional DLL
- WPSTKMRI.DLL Mouse informational DLL
The following 14 languages are supported by this installation package:
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Norwegian
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Simplified Chinese
- Taiwanese
To install the driver:
1. Open an OS/2 Window on your system.
2. Change your directory to the directory containing the scrolling
mouse files. As an example, type A: if you are installing the
driver from a diskette.
3. At the OS/2 command prompt, type MOUINST. This command will:
(a.) Save the existing mouse driver as MOUSE.SAV in the OS2\BOOT
directory on the Boot partition.
(b.) Add the new MOUSE.SYS device driver in the OS2\BOOT directory on the
Boot partition.
(c.) Add the associated language specific ScrollPoint Mouse Object DLL's
to the OS2\DLL directory on the Boot partition.
(d.) Place the ScrollPoint Mouse Object on your OS/2 desktop.
4. This completes the installation procedure. You must now REBOOT your
system to initialize the scrolling mouse driver.
2.0 Hardware Considerations
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1. This ScrollPoint Mouse device driver only supports a Mouse Port (PS/2)
attachment. Attachment of your scrolling mouse through a serial port
connector is not supported.
2. This driver only runs effectively in a uni-processor system. You
may experience reliability problems in a system running multiple
processors.
3. If you are attaching your scrolling mouse to a notebook computer
such as an IBM ThinkPad that has a built-in mouse, you may have to
disable the built-in mouse to ensure your scrolling mouse
stick/wheel scroller works properly.
3.0 Scrolling Mouse Operating Parameters
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The ScrollPoint Mouse driver supports both stick-type (ie., IBM
ScrollPoint) and wheel-type (ie., Logitech MouseMan+) scrolling mice.
The physical attributes of the scroller device in your scrolling mouse
determines the operational characteristics of the scrolling portion of
the mouse. Other features, including button functions, are the same as
on a non-scrolling mouse.
3.1 Stick-Type Scrolling Mouse
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A stick-type mouse will allow the cursor to move vertically either
line-by-line or page-by-page and horizontally either space-by-space or
tab-by-tab, depending on the amount of time the stick is held at its
maximum-deflected position for the chosen direction.
Typically, up or down stick-deflections of less than one second will
cause the cursor to move vertically on a line-by-line basis. When the
stick is held deflected up or down for more than one second, the cursor
will change its vertical movement from a line-by-line to a page-by-page
motion.
Similarly, left or right stick-deflections of less than one second will
cause the cursor to move horizontally on a space-by-space basis. When
the stick is held deflected left or right for more than one second, the
cursor will change its horizontal movement from a space-by-space to a
tab-by-tab motion.
3.2 Wheel-Type Scrolling Mouse
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A wheel-type scrolling mouse has a wheel and either 3 or 4 buttons, with
the 3rd or 4th button physically under the wheel. In a 3-button/wheel
mouse configuration, spinning the wheel up or down will move the cursor
vertically line-by-line. A 3-button/wheel configuration does not
support horizontal scrolling.
A 4-button/wheel mouse configuration typically has the 3rd button on the
side of the mouse, under the thumb-position. Spinning the wheel up or
down will move the cursor vertically line-by-line. However, depressing
the 3rd (thumb-position) button while spinning the wheel changes the
scrolling direction from vertical to horizontal, and the cursor will
move left or right in a space-by-space motion.
3.3 Scrolling Mouse Properties Page
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A tabbed-page named Scroller has been added to the ScrollPoint Mouse
Properties that sets the parameters for the stick or wheel scroller
functions for your scrolling mouse.
The mouse Scroller Properties can be accessed by selecting the
ScrollPoint mouse icon on your desktop, depressing the right mouse
button, selecting Properties from the pop-up menu and then selecting the
Scroller tab.
The Scroller scrolling-speed can be selected from the scolling speed
pull-down and can be set to slow, normal, fast or none. Normal is the
suggested default. Selecting "none" will disable the scroller.
Checking the "Use PageUp/PageDn" box will enable the line-by-line to
page-by-page vertical motion switching described above.
Checking the "Use Tab/Shift Tab" box will enable the space-by-space to
tab-by-tab horizontal motion switching described above.
For wheel-type scrolling mice, page-by-page vertical motion and
tab-by-tab horizontal motion cannot typically be achieved even if the
boxes discussed above are checked, because the wheel cannot be
constantly-spun for more than one second.
4.0 Copyright and Trademark Information
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The following terms are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation
in the United States and/or other countries.
IBM OS/2
ThinkPad ScrollPoint
Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks
of others.
5.0 Uninstall Instructions
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To uninstall the ScrollPoint mouse driver and revert to the previous version
of the mouse driver, peform the following steps.
- Change directory to C:\OS2\BOOT where 'C:' is the system boot drive.
- Copy MOUSE.SAV to MOUSE.SYS
- Reboot the System