Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:35:59 +0300 (EDT)
From: Toni Rasanen <torasane AT mail DOT student DOT oulu DOT fi>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: mouse mickeys wont go negative
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Diabelek wrote:

> i'm using a the int 33 func Bh to read the mouse mickeys.  it gets the
> data just fine except when it should be negative it is a large
> positive number. ie

That's simply because intel's way to use negative numbers. 0xffff=-1,
0xfffe = -2 etc etc... Place them in a signed short -variable, and
you should be able to use them in C(++) just fine. 

 ///           Toni Räsänen
///       torasane AT mail DOT student DOT oulu DOT fi