QL 4222
Chapter 10 - Keyboard and Mouse Drivers

QLSETUP.SYS DOS Driver

QLSETUP.SYS is a Cubix DOS device driver that is loaded from CONFIG.SYS. The command to load QLSETUP.SYS must be the first line in CONFIG.SYS for QL processors booting DOS to function properly. QLSETUP.SYS initializes the keyboard type and the Cubix mouse emulator.

Keyboard Options

To initialize the QL processor for a 83/84-key keyboard, add the "-n" option:

device = qlsetup.sys -n

Mouse Options

The Cubix mouse emulator provides support for remote applications requiring a mouse.

Typically applications needing mouse support require that a mouse driver be loaded on the QL processor. The mouse driver will not load unless a mouse is physically attached to the QL board. This causes a problem in remote applications where the mouse is attached to the remote PC and not the QL board.

The Cubix mouse emulator resolves this issue by simulating a PS/2 style mouse on the QL board, thus allowing a mouse driver to load and function properly. Note that the Cubix mouse emulator does not replace the standard mouse driver, but rather enables a PS/2 mouse driver to function properly.

The mouse emulator also enables a mouse to be multiplexed in systems equipped with a Cubix multiplexor.

To use the Cubix mouse emulator:

• Load QLSETUP.SYS in the first line of the CONFIG.SYS file.
• Load the mouse driver so that it will recognize and use a PS/2 style mouse (i.e. do not specify a serial mouse option).

If the Cubix mouse emulator is not required, add the "-m" option to the QLSETUP.SYS command line:

device = qlsetup.sys -m

This disables mouse emulation and frees all memory it would require.

Note: The "-t" and "-p" options on the QLSETUP.SYS invocation line are used by other QL products. The QL 3000 and 4000 Series processors will ignore these parameters.

VHOTFIX.386 Windows Driver

To support mouse emulation (or the Cubix mouse multiplexor) in a Windows environment, the virtual device driver VHOTFIX.386 must be running inside WINDOWS. This is accomplished by adding this line to the SYSTEM.INI file:

device = VHOTFIX.386

The file VHOTFIX.386 must be copied from the SYS:\CUBIX\QLx000\ WIN directory to the directory containing the other Windows virtual device drivers which can be identified by the .386 extension on the filename (usually in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory).

In addition, the QLSETUP.SYS DOS driver must also be loaded.

CBXMOUSE.SYS OS/2 Driver

To use the Cubix OS/2 mouse emulation driver:

• Copy the file CBXMOUSE.SYS from SYS:\CUBIX\QLx000\OS2 to the QL processor's hard drive in the C:\OS2 directory.
• Add this line to the CONFIG.SYS file:

device = c:\os2\cbxmouse.sys

• Reboot the QL processor.

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