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1987 — IBM PS/2 mouse

This mouse, released in 1987, was the first to implement the PS/2 interface, which is still used in a number of desktop computers to connect keyboards and mice using a 6-pin mini-DIN connector. The first mouse with this interface was this device from IBM, available at relatively consumer prices in the late 80s. As you can see, there are two…

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1986 — NEC Crystal mouse

In September 1986, NEC Corporation announced the EWS 4800 UNIX workstation. This computer was designed as a workstation for engineers to improve the efficiency of solving problems such as software development, computer-aided design, scientific and engineering calculations, and the collection and analysis of experimental data. The computer was equipped with a graphical multi-window interface and a large 20-inch 1280×1024 256…

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1983 – Apple Lisa mouse

The Apple Lisa mouse was released in 1983 and is considered one of the first commercially available computer mice. The mouse was manufactured by Apple, but the authorship of its development belongs to a third-party company, Hovey-Kelley (later renamed to IDEO). Based on the design of Xerox and Hawley Mouse House mice, the design team created a cheaper yet technically…

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1982 — Hawley Mark II X063X Mouse

The Mark II X063X Mouse was the first in-house development of the Hawley Mouse House by Jack Hawley, co-designer of the Xerox Alto computer mouse and co-author of the 1973 Xerox patent for mouse with two inclined wheels. The mouse had the price of $415, which inspired reviewers to call it the “Rolls-Royce among mice”. The Mark II X063X mouse…

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1986 — Commodore C300 mouse

The Commodore C300 mouse labeled Joystick Mouse on the box is one of the reincarnations of the Kempston Mouse released in 1986 for ZX Spectrum computers, adapted for Commodore computers. Externally, the mouse looks typical, having two buttons on top and a ball on the bottom. According to the accompanying description, this mouse has two modes of operation: joystick mode…

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1986 — American Mouse

In 1986, the American Computer and Peripheral company released the American 286 desktop computer, based on the i80286 processor, and equipped with a mouse called the American Mouse. A notch on the slightly slanted front of the mouse cover houses three phenomenally narrow buttons. Massive switches located under the buttons forced developers to use an asymmetrical layout of the mouse…

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1999 – Contour UniMouse

The UniMouse computer mouse was released by Contour Design, a company that specializes exclusively in ergonomic manipulators, for Apple iMac computers as a replacement for the bundled Apple USB mouse, known as the ”puck” because of its round shape. The Apple USB mouse was criticized by many for its poor ergonomics, and a year after it hit the market, an…

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2000 – SurfMouse mouse

The SurfMouse is a typical example of a skeuomorph — a device that imitates the appearance of another object that has nothing to do with its main function. It is easy to see that in this case the appearance of a surfboard is copied. The mouse has a symmetrical body, the upper part of which is shaped like a surfboard….

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1983 – Logitech LogiMouse P5

LOGIMOUSE P5 mouse was released in 1983. This is the second manipulator from Logitech (after the famous P4 mouse, production of which continued simultaneously with P5). LOGIMOUSE P5 was a cheaper model (the selling price differed by $100), and it was intended primarily for OEM supplies. But the main feature of the P5 is a radically different exterior. The mouse…

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2000 – IBM ScrollPoint II mouse

The MO09K model, released around 2000, was the second generation of the IBM ScrollPoint mouse that debuted in 1998. A feature of this IBM mouse was the replacement of the scroll wheel with the trackpoint – a miniature analog stick (actually, a strain gauge joystick), similar to the cursor controls used in the ThinkPad line of laptops. Trackpoint integration made…

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1992 – IBM “soap” mouse

This mouse, officially known by the hard-to-remember name “model 13H6690” (and almost identical “model 33G5430”) was apparently released to the market in 1992 as an update to the 1987 IBM PS/2 mouse. In addition to the obvious association with a well-rounded bar of soap, this model was also unofficially called “IBM Fat Mouse”. Despite its wide distribution, this mouse is…

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1989 – Fujitsu FM Towns model 1 mouse (FMT-MO101)

In February 1989, Fujitsu announced the first model of the FM Towns family of computers, running its own Towns OS graphics system. FM Towns was a proprietary variant of the PC-compatible architecture focused on multimedia applications and games. The first FM Towns model used an Intel 80386 processor, was equipped with 1 or 2 megabytes of RAM, a CD-ROM drive,…

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1984 – Tandy TRS-80 Color Mouse

Tandy TRS-80 Color Mouse was designed for the RadioShack TRS-80 Color Computer (later renamed to Tandy Color Computer). The Color Computer model 1, released in 1981, was a home computer equipped with a calculator rubber keyboard, 4Kb to 32Kb RAM, 8-bit word length, and used a TV set as a display. Over time, the list of peripheral devices expanded, and…

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1983 – Microsoft Green Eyed Mouse

Microsoft’s first mouse was released in 1983 and was also the first product from its hardware division, which the company opened a year earlier. Because of the two green buttons, this model is known as the “green-eyed mouse”. Since Microsoft at that time did not have enough experience in the hardware development and manufacture, the real manufacturer of the mouse…

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1982 – Dépraz / Digimouse mouse

Originally produced by watchmaking company Dubois Depraz SA, this mouse was designed by André Guignard and Prof. Jean-Daniel Nicoud of the Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne in Switzerland in 1977. Its feature was opto-mechanical encoders, which significantly improved the original design of Douglas Engelbart. However, due to the lack of software that supported mouse control, the real spread of the…

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The mouses.info website was created to track the history of the cursor control devices: mainly computer mice and trackballs, but also some more exotic ones, such as joysticks, paddles, etc. Actually,any cursor controller is in our area of interest if it’s a separate human interface device intended to move some cursor on the screen. Cursor controllers (especially mice) are interesting…

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Category: mice

1987 — IBM PS/2 mouse

1986 — NEC Crystal mouse

1983 – Apple Lisa mouse

1982 — Hawley Mark II X063X Mouse

1986 — Commodore C300 mouse

1986 — American Mouse

1999 – Contour UniMouse

2000 – SurfMouse mouse

1983 – Logitech LogiMouse P5

2000 – IBM ScrollPoint II mouse

1992 – IBM “soap” mouse

1989 – Fujitsu FM Towns model 1 mouse (FMT-MO101)

1984 – Tandy TRS-80 Color Mouse

1983 – Microsoft Green Eyed Mouse

1982 – Dépraz / Digimouse mouse

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