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title: "SERMouse (Ver 3.01) – A Review"
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excerpt: "SERMouse is a software driver that allows you to connect a PC type serial mouse to one of the QL’s serial ports. No disassembly of the QL is necessary. The mouse can then be used to control the pointer if you’re using the pointer environment allowing much easier and faster control than the cursor keys.…"
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# SERMouse (Ver 3.01) – A Review

SERMouse is a software driver that allows you to connect a PC type serial mouse to one of the QL’s serial ports. No disassembly of the QL is necessary. The mouse can then be used to control the pointer if you’re using the pointer environment allowing much easier and faster control than the cursor keys. The mouse can also emulate the cursor keys for programs that don’t use the pointer environment, and will also work if you don’t use the pointer environment at all, the mouse then mimics the cursor keys.