Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:38:29 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: James Dominy <jdominy AT saturn DOT cs DOT unp DOT ac DOT za>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Mouse drivers for DJGPP programs under win95
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On 26 Aug 1998, James Dominy wrote:

> Win95 needs no mouse driver installed before it starts, or opens a
> dos box. Hence old DOS apps that required a mouse driver no longer
> work with a mouse, unless the user installs one themselves.

Excuse me?  Windows 9X supplies mouse services to DOS programs that
are run from the DOS box, both full-screen and windowed.  You just use
the Windows mouse pointer as usual, and the DOS program thinks it has
a mouse driver installed.  I routinely use such programs on Windows 95
and have yet to see a single problem.

So I really don't understand what problem are you trying to solve.  I
think the problem doesn't exist.