OS/2: Rodent Author Responds

[strat@dsd.northrop.com (Scott Stratmoen)]

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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