Mouses – Page 4 – “Joysticks, tracking balls and mouses are used to specify the point on a display where a certain instruction is to be obeyed” (by David Cowan

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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1997 – ITAC Systems evolution MOUSE-TRAK trackball

The evolution MOUSE-TRAK trackball was manufactured by ITAC Systems, a Texas-based company specializing primarily in high-quality, ergonomic trackballs for professional use. The company positioned itself as a pioneer in the production of trackballs for Unix systems and X terminals since the MOUSE-TRAK model release in the late eighties. Introduced to solve the problem of the repetitive strain injury (RSI) syndrome…

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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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2001 – Macally QBALL trackball

The QBALL trackball was released by the Taiwanese company Jiaxin Technology – the owner of the Macally trademark, under which the well-known line of peripherals for Mac computers was produced. A similar model was also released for PC computers, which had the unmemorable name PCGB and was sold under the Pcally brand. It had no difference from Macally QBALL except…

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1993 — Evergreen Diamond XL trackball

The Diamond XL trackball was produced by the Evergreen Systems International company in California, founded in 1980 and specialized in high-quality trackballs for industrial and military applications. Diamond trackballs have been positioned as a mouse replacement in computer systems where fast and precise pointing is required (CAD/CAM, graphics, workstations, kiosks, etc.) and in industrial and military systems where a mouse…

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1998 – Logitech TrackMan Marble FX

Of course, the main distinguishing feature of the Trackman Marble FX trackball released by Logitech in 1998, is its unusual shape, which provides support for the wrist and gives access to the ball from both sides of the body at once. As planned by the manufacturer, this allows you to move the ball with either one finger or two fingers…

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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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About the site

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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