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From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: The Mouse -- What is its History?
Message-ID: <17040@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 90 17:49:11 GMT
References: <90274.094731ELE@psuvm.psu.edu> <26801@mimsy.umd.edu> <10592@goofy.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: mxmora@unix.UUCP (Matt Mora)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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In article <10592@goofy.Apple.COM> casseres@apple.com (David Casseres) writes:
>
>For those who don't get around to reading the article, here are some 
>dots on the timeline:  the mouse was invented in the early 60's by Doug 
>Engelbart and his group at SRI.  This mouse was driven by two steel wheels 
>set at right angles to each other; when the mouse was moved over a hard, 
>smooth surface, each wheel could roll with one component of the motion and 
>slide with the other.  The mouse was between 2 and 3 inches high, and the 
>weight of the hand was supported by it (making it superior to modern mice, 
>in my opinion).  It had three buttons.
>



Maybe another version had three buttons. the picture on my wall shows only
one. I recovered a picture that was going to be  recycled that has four
shots of the mouse. It was made of wood, had two steel wheels, one button in 
the top right corner and real thin coax as the cable. There is no date on the
picture though. If any body wants a scanned copy of the picture I can send it 
to you. 
















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