Speedy Mouse ][ is a very small INIT which will cause your mouse to move about twice as fast as it normally does. Just throw the INIT in your system folder and restart. (If there is a problem at startup time, Speedy Mouse ][ will beep once. The only reason this would happen is if the 'mcky' resources in your System file are corrupted. If this is the case, you should probably re-install your system.)
While Speedy Mouse ][ is installed, you can temporarily get the mouse back to normal speed by putting the caps lock on.
This is the sequel to Speedy Mouse, which had many incompatibilities with extensions like Snap-To, Quickeys, and voice-navigation software which moves the cursor for the user. Speedy Mouse ][ should work with all such software. The original Speedy Mouse made it impossible to move the cursor 1 pixel at a time; it moved 2 pixels even with the slightest mouse movement. Speedy Mouse ][ fixes this problem. The original Speedy Mouse did not work properly on systems with multiple monitors. Speedy Mouse ][ fixes this problem, too.
CAVEAT: Do not edit the 'mcky' resources in the current System file while Speedy Mouse ][ is installed. (Trust me when I tell you that you don╒t want to know the consequences of editing them.) This shouldn╒t be too much of a burden, since you shouldn╒t be editing the current System file anyway.
COPYRIGHT NOTICES:
Speedy Mouse ][ 1.0 is copyright ⌐1994 Mark Pilgrim. This program is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Speedy Mouse ][ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA, or e-mail me (see below for addresses).
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:
All Macintosh users should feel free to contact me for any of the following reasons: reporting bugs or suggestions about Speedy Mouse ][ or any other program I╒ve written; discussing the possibility of collaborating on future programming projects; discussing the virus I wrote and released (MBDF-A); discussing ways to keep potential virus-writers from becoming actual virus-writers; discussing techniques for really good backrubs.
My e-mail address is f8dy@netaxs.com. To send me e-mail anonymously, mail to an48382@anon.penet.fi. (Due to the double-blind system, you will be allocated an anonymous I.D. which will keep your identity hidden.) To send me encrypted mail, e-mail me requesting my PGP 2.2 public key. If you do not have e-mail access, my home address is 1130 Radnor Hill Road, Wayne PA, 19087-2203, USA. Obviously, it will take me much longer to reply to snail-mail; use it as a last resort.
