Microsoft KB Archive/21349

Setting Up Flight Simulator to Work with a Mouse

PSS ID Number: Q21349 Article last modified on 11-24-1997

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Summary:

To use a mouse with Flight Simulator, copy the MOUSE.SYS file from the mouse program disk onto the DOS boot disk. Make sure there is a CONFIG.SYS file on the DOS disk that contains the following line:

DEVICE=MOUSE.SYS.

More Information:

Flight Simulator Versions 3.00 and Version 4.00 are not guaranteed or designed to run on the PCjr Booster. Therefore, all references to the IBM PCjr below apply only to versions of Flight Simulator that are earlier than Version 3.00.

If you are using the IBM PCjr with the Microsoft PCjr Booster, there is a CONFIG.SYS file on the disk that comes with the Booster board that contains the necessary line. Copy this file from the Booster disk onto your DOS disk.

If you are not using the PCjr with the Booster, you must either create a CONFIG.SYS file or edit your existing CONFIG.SYS file.

With Flight Simulator Versions 2.x, you must have a CGA card to use a mouse. A mouse cannot be used with an EGA card or a Hercules card.

To start the program using a mouse, do the following:


 * 1) Reboot your computer with the DOS disk that contains the MOUSE.SYS and the new CONFIG.SYS files.
 * 2) Put the Flight Simulator disk in Drive A.
 * 3) Type FS at the A:> prompt and press ENTER.

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