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OS/2: Rodent Author Responds
FYI,
The following is from the author of Rodent for OS/2.
Forwarded message:
> > Are you currently supporting Rodent?
>
> Yes.
>
> > The latest version which I have found on the "net" is v1.00.
>
> The current version available to registered users is 1.0.10.
>
> > There appears to be problems with APM with Rodent
> > on a Thinkpad 750C running under Warp.
>
> The documentation states that RODENT does not support "hot-plugging" which
> essentially includes APM (assuming that by APM you mean "Automatic Power
> Management"). RODENT can be used with APM for those mice which do not reset
> when they lose power and assuming that the OS/2 or hardware restores the
> serial port to the correct parameters. A Logitech buss mouse might work best
> with APM under RODENT. Otherwise, I have no current plans to support APM.
>
> I will continue to support RODENT and to add minor features, including support
> for new releases of OS/2, but major development is not planned at this time
> because most people don't register and I have other ways to waste time (RODENT
> is more than 15,000 lines of assembly and the registrations MIGHT on a good
> month pay for the connect charges to support RODENT).
>
> Michael Lee Finney
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