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  1. README.TXT File
  2. ScrollPoint Mouse Device Driver for OS/2
  3. Version 2.0
  4.  
  5. May 14, 1998     
  6.  
  7.                           
  8. (c) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation, 1998.
  9.      All rights Reserved.                                                                                                                              
  10.  
  11. Contents
  12. -----------
  13.                
  14. 1.0 Installation Instructions
  15. 2.0 Hardware Considerations
  16. 3.0 Scrolling Mouse Operating Parameters
  17. 3.1 Stick-Type Scrolling Mouse
  18. 3.2 Wheel-Type Scrolling Mouse
  19. 3.3 Scrolling Mouse Properties Page
  20. 4.0 Copyright and Trademark Information
  21.  
  22.  
  23.  
  24.  
  25. 1.0  Installation Instructions                                                                                                      
  26. ----------------------------------                                                                                                      
  27.                                                                                                                                
  28. 1. The SCROLLMS.EXE file that you received contains the following 5 scrolling mouse                                            
  29.      files in a self-extracting compressed format.                                                                 
  30.                                                                                                                                
  31.    - MOUINST.EXE            Executable that installs your scrolling mouse                                                          
  32.    - MOUSE.SYS             ScrollPoint mouse device driver                                                                       
  33.    - README.TXT            This file that you are reading                                                                         
  34.    - WPSTKMOU.DLL      Mouse functional DLL                                                                                     
  35.    - WPSTKMRI.DLL       Mouse informational DLL                                                                                 
  36.                                                                                                                                
  37.      To use these mouse driver files, you must expand the SCROLLMS.EXE file into its 5                                            
  38.      component files by (a.) opening an OS/2 window and (b.) typing SCROLLMS at the                                            
  39.      OS/2 command prompt.    Once the SCROLLMS.EXE file is expanded, please continue
  40.  
  41.      with the installation instructions.                                 
  42.  
  43.                                                                                                                                
  44. 2.  Open an OS/2 Window on your system.                                                                                         
  45.  
  46.                                                                                                                                
  47. 3.  Change your directory to the directory containing the scrolling mouse files.  As an                                         
  48.      example, type A: if you are installing the driver from a diskette.                                                          
  49.                                                                                                                                
  50. 4.  At the OS/2 command prompt, type MOUINST.  This command will load the new mouse.sys                                         
  51.      device driver, add the associated DLL's and place the ScrollPoint Mouse Object on your                                      
  52.      OS/2 desktop.          
  53.                                                                                                      
  54.                                                                                                                                
  55. 5.  This completes the installation procedure.  You must now REBOOT your system to                                              
  56.       initialize the scrolling mouse driver.
  57.  
  58.  
  59.                                                                                                                
  60. 2.0 Hardware Considerations                                                                                                          
  61. -------------------------------------                                                                                                        
  62.                                                                                                                                
  63. 1.  This ScrollPoint Mouse device driver does not support attachment of your scrolling mouse                                    
  64.      through a serial port PS/2-style connector.  
  65.                                                                                      
  66.                                                                                                                                
  67. 2.  This driver only runs effectively in a uni-processor system.  You may experience                                            
  68.      reliability problems in a system running multiple processors.                                                               
  69.                                                                                                                                
  70. 3.  If you are attaching your scrolling mouse to a notebook computer such as an IBM ThinkPad 
  71.  
  72.      that has a built-in mouse, you may have to disable the built-in mouse to ensure your scrolling                                     
  73.      mouse stick/wheel scroller works properly.                                                                                  
  74.                                                                                                                                
  75.                                                                                                                                
  76.  
  77.  
  78.                                                                                                                              
  79.                                                                                                                                
  80. 3.0 Scrolling Mouse Operating Parameters                                                                                           
  81. -----------------------------------------------------                                                                                           
  82.                                                                                                                                
  83. The ScrollPoint Mouse driver supports both stick-type (ie., IBM ScrollPoint) and wheel-type                                    
  84. (ie., Logitech MouseMan+) scrolling mice.  The physical attributes of the scroller device                                      
  85. in your scrolling mouse determines the operational characteristics of the scrolling portion                                    
  86. of the mouse.  Other features, including button functions, are the same as on a non-scrolling                                  
  87. mouse.                                                                                                                          
  88.              
  89.  
  90. 3.1 Stick-Type Scrolling Mouse
  91. ----------------------------------------                                                                                                                  
  92. A stick-type mouse will allow the cursor to move vertically either line-by-line or                                             
  93. page-by-page and horizontally either space-by-space or tab-by-tab, depending on the amount                                     
  94. of time the stick is held at its maximum-deflected position for the chosen direction.                                          
  95.                                                                                                                                
  96. Typically, up or down stick-deflections of less than one second will cause the cursor to                                       
  97. move vertically on a line-by-line basis.  When the stick is held deflected up or down for                                      
  98. more than one second, the cursor will change its vertical movement from a line-by-line                                         
  99. to a page-by-page motion.  
  100.                                                                                                     
  101.                                                                                                                                
  102. Similarly, left or right stick-deflections of less than one second will cause the cursor to                                    
  103. move horizontally on a space-by-space basis.  When the stick is held deflected left or                                         
  104. right for more than one second, the cursor will change its horizontal movement from a                                          
  105. space-by-space to a tab-by-tab motion.      
  106.                                                                                    
  107.  
  108.  
  109.  
  110.  
  111. 3.2  Wheel-Type Scrolling Mouse
  112. ------------------------------------------                                                                                                                              
  113. A wheel-type scrolling mouse has a wheel and either 3 or 4 buttons, with the 3rd or 4th                                        
  114. button physically under the wheel.  In a 3-button/wheel mouse configuration, spinning the                                      
  115. wheel up or down will move the cursor vertically line-by-line.  A 3-button/wheel configuration
  116.  
  117. does not support horizontal scrolling.
  118.                                                     
  119.                                                                                                                                
  120. A 4-button/wheel mouse configuration typically has the 3rd button on the side of the mouse,                                    
  121. under the thumb-position.   Spinning the wheel up or down will move the cursor vertically                                       
  122. line-by-line.  However, depressing the 3rd (thumb-position) button while spinning the wheel                                    
  123. changes the scrolling direction from vertical to horizontal, and the cursor will move left                                     
  124. or right in a space-by-space motion.  
  125.                                   
  126.  
  127. 3.3 Scrolling Mouse Properties Page
  128. -----------------------------------------------
  129.                                                                                                                                
  130. A tabbed-page named Scroller has been added to the ScrollPoint Mouse Properties                                                
  131. that sets the parameters for the stick or wheel scroller functions for your scrolling mouse.                                        
  132.                                                                                                                                
  133. The mouse Scroller Properties can be accessed by selecting the ScrollPoint mouse icon on your 
  134.  
  135. desktop, depressing the right mouse button, selecting Properties from the pop-up menu and then
  136.  
  137. selecting the Scroller tab. 
  138.                                                                                                                  
  139.                                                                                                                                
  140. The Scroller scrolling-speed can be selected from the scolling speed pull-down and can be                                      
  141. set to slow, normal, fast or none.  Normal is the suggested default.  Selecting "none"                                         
  142. will disable the scroller.       
  143.                                                                                               
  144.                                                                                                                                
  145. Checking the "Use PageUp/PageDn" box will enable the line-by-line to page-by-page vertical                                    
  146. motion switching described above.                                                                                                                 
  147.                                                                                                                                
  148. Checking the "Use Tab/Shift Tab" box will enable the space-by-space to tab-by-tab horizontal                                  
  149. motion switching described above.
  150.  
  151.  
  152. For wheel-type scrolling mice,  page-by-page vertical motion and tab-by-tab horizontal motion
  153.  
  154. cannot typically be achieved even if the boxes discussed above are checked, because the wheel
  155.  
  156. cannot be constantly-spun for more than one second.
  157.  
  158.  
  159. 4.0  Copyright and Trademark Information
  160. -----------------------------------------------------
  161.  
  162. The following terms are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation
  163. in the United States and/or other countries.
  164.  
  165.     IBM                         OS/2
  166.  
  167.     ThinkPad                 ScrollPoint
  168.  
  169. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks
  170. of others.
  171.  
  172.  
  173.