On Tue, 28 May 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
> On Tue, 28 May 2002 torquil_at_rockbridge.net wrote:
>
> I am looking for a few of the first mouses IBM made. I would like to
> acquire one or two of the mouse in this picture.
> http://members.aol.com/phwimage1/mouse1.jpg . I am using one on this
> terminal in the library and I just could not get over how cool the
> mechanical click noise is.
>
> These mice were also used on early IBM PS/1's (the ones with PC-DOS in
> ROM). My parent's 286-based PS/1 had one of these. Unfortunately,
> that found the way of the trash hopper when they moved a year ago.
The PS/2 50 and 60 lines also used them, though I don't know if later
systems did too. I'd like to find a pile of these myself someday, working
or not.
-Toth
Received on Tue May 28 2002 - 17:41:32 BST
