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Radio Shack 26-236 - Serial Mouse Manual

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2-Button Serial Mouse OWNER'S MANUAL - Please read before using this equipment. Your RadioShack 2-Button Serial Mouse is reliable and easy to use. Using your Windows control panel, you can easily program your mouse for left- or right-handed use and adjust the cursor size, color, and double-click speed. 2. Locate your computer's available 9-pin serial port. 3. Plug the mouse's serial connector into the serial port, then tighten the screws. Using Mouse Driver Version 1.1, under Windows 95/98/NT operation systems, you can program the right button with 32 optional shortcut functions such as Easy-Jump, AutoPanning, and Zoom. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS • IBM®PC, XT, AT, 386, 486, Pentium • 3½-inch floppy disk drive (if you install the supplied mouse driver). • MS-DOS® 5.0 or later, or Windows 3.1 or later, or Windows 95/98/NT. About Windows 3.1 In Windows 3.1, your mouse operates as a standard serial mouse. The enhanced features available when using Windows 95/98/ NT are not available in Windows 3.1 (See "Windows 95/98/NT" on Page 2). If your mouse does not operate after starting Windows, run Windows Setup and select Microsoft or IBM PS/2 for the mouse type. INSTALLATION Connecting the Mouse 1. Make sure your computer is turned off. Caution: The serial connector fits into the port only one way. Do not force it. 4. Turn on your computer. Installing the Mouse Driver Software Note: Before installing the Mouse Driver Version 1.1 software, check to see if your DOS or Windows system has already been has already been configured for other mouse drivers. If other mouse software is present, remove it. In updating the system files, your computer tries to identify and remove other drivers to prevent conflicts with the AMOUSE Driver. For example, the driver in AUTOEXEC.BAT is removed. This allows the mouse uninstaller to recognize which statements need to be left on the system. Do not edit the REM (by-Mouse-Install) text or the uninstall feature might not work properly. If you remove other mouse software, you must restart your computer for the new settings to take effect. © 2000 Tandy Corporation. All Rights Reserved. RadioShack and RadioShack.com are trademarks used by Tandy Corporation.

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OWNER’S MANUAL — Please read before using this equipment.
©
2000 Tandy Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
RadioShack and RadioShack.com are trademarks
used by Tandy Corporation.
2-Button Serial Mouse
Your RadioShack 2-Button Serial Mouse is
reliable and easy to use. Using your Win-
dows control panel, you can easily program
your mouse for left- or right-handed use and
adjust the cursor size, color, and double-click
speed.
Using
Mouse Driver Version 1.1
, under
Win-
dows 95/98/NT
operation systems, you can
program the right button with 32 optional
shortcut functions such as Easy-Jump, Auto-
Panning, and Zoom.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
• IBM
®
PC, XT, AT, 386, 486, Pentium
3½-inch floppy disk drive (if you install
the supplied mouse driver).
MS-DOS
®
5.0
or later, or
Windows 3.1
or
later, or
Windows 95/98/NT
.
About Windows 3.1
In
Windows 3.1
, your mouse operates as a
standard serial mouse. The enhanced fea-
tures available when using
Windows 95/98/
NT
are not available in Windows 3.1 (See
“Windows 95/98/NT” on Page 2). If your
mouse does not operate after starting Win-
dows, run
Windows Setup
and select
Mi-
crosoft or IBM PS/2
for the mouse type.
INSTALLATION
Connecting the Mouse
1.
Make sure your computer is turned off.
2. Locate your computer's available 9-pin
serial port.
3. Plug the mouse's serial connector into
the serial port, then tighten the screws.
Caution
: The serial connector fits into the
port only one way. Do not force it.
4.
Turn on your computer.
Installing the Mouse Driver Soft-
ware
Note:
Before installing the
Mouse Driver Ver-
sion 1.1
software, check to see if your
DOS
or
Windows
system has already been has al-
ready been configured for other mouse driv-
ers. If other mouse software is present,
remove it. In updating the system files, your
computer tries to identify and remove other
drivers to prevent conflicts with the AMOUSE
Driver. For example, the driver in AUTOEX-
EC.BAT is removed. This allows the mouse
uninstaller to recognize which statements
need to be left on the system. Do not edit the
REM (by-Mouse-Install) text or the uninstall
feature might not work properly. If you re-
move other mouse software, you must re-
start your computer for the new settings to
take effect.