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Date:	Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:52:17 PST7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: PCB layout pgm needs DOS (was: Partition contents gone, source of problem found)

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It does not recognize the mouse under OS/2. Very difficult to operate a
CAD program without one. It needs a three button mouse, I have a three
button trackball with a switch to select Mouse Systems or Mickey Soft.
I have options in config.sys to select MS or M$ drivers. But no matter
what driver or switch position I try, no mouse.

Ray

Peter Skye wrote:
>
>
> Ray Davison wrote:
> >
> > My preferred ... PCB layout program [is] DOS.
> > The PCB program [in a DOS window on OS/2]?
> > Forget it, needs [real] DOS.
>
> Ray,
>
> I'm intrigued with your PCB program not being able to run on top of
> OS/2. Do you know why it doesn't work? I wouldn't have thought that a
> PCB layout would do much more than number crunching -- no special calls,
> no hooks into the DOS layer. Why does it fail?
>

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