4-34 Using Your NEC Versa Computer
4.
Once detection is complete, press the Finish button. Both
the serial mouse and the NEC VersaGlide touchpad will
function.
If you remove the serial mouse and restart your system,
the mouse icon appears in the device manager list with a
circled exclamation point over it. This indicates that the
mouse is not available.
MS-DOS Mode
To use the serial mouse in MS-DOS mode for Windows 95
systems, you must modify the MS-DOS start file. Modify-
ing this file disables the VersaGlide touchpad in MS-DOS
mode. (It is still available in Windows.) Therefore, to access
VersaGlide functions in MS-DOS mode, you must change
your system start file back to its original form.
Follow these instructions to use a serial mouse in MS-DOS
mode.
1.
With system power turned off, connect the serial mouse
to the COM port and power on your system.
2.
From the Windows 95 Start menu, select Programs and
the MS-DOS Prompt to open the MS-DOS window.
3.
At the C:\WINDOWS> prompt, type the following
command and press
Enter
.
edit dosstart.bat
4.
Locate the following line in the dosstart file:
C:\SYNTOUCH\SYNTOUCH
5.
Modify the line by adding
/C1
to the end of the line. The
line should look like the following:
C:\SYNTOUCH\SYNTOUCH /C1
6.
Press
Alt
,
F
, and
X
to exit. Press
Y
to save changes.
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