Members Alndln2 Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 Invented by Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute in California, the input device method first debuted in 1968. The first-ever mouse was made from a wooden block with wheels mounted on its base, and featured a red button on top of its case, and a cable at its back, which probably made one of the researchers to nickname it as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted December 9, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 Apple Macintosh Mice circa 1986. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 9, 2008 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2008 I still remember looking at one for the first time and trying to imagine how that... could be intuative. Then later using it for a very early Mac tutorial and thinking... "Oh. I see." And eons later I imagine that little bastard rodent is resposible for my back and arm pain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted December 9, 2008 Members Share Posted December 9, 2008 there's a whole fun little site on the mouse and related devices (like early tablets, remember the koalapad my ][ peeps! for that matter, remember the mouse on the ][GS ---][ 4 eva) http://www.oldmouse.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Because of my carpul tunnel syndrome a LOGITEC THUMB BALL is now my preference....but they ain't $10 . Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Wow, the mouse is about the same age as me. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 First mouse I ever saw: First mouse (okay, pointer device) I ever used: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Missile Command! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Missile Command was great, as was Centipede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Tempest, Defender, Turbo, Ms. Pac Man, Gauntlet, Galaga, and Slurpees. I didn't go to church when I was a kid, I went to 7-11. Two of my favs: Pleiades and Sinistar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Pleiades and Sinistar. Oh yeah. I used to play those too. My fave though is probably Reactor. It was a brilliant game. Stunning to look at, outstanding sound FX, and really challenging game play. I don't wanna think about how many quarters I shoveled into that thing. It also had a trackball, so I guess this kinda relates to the topic of the mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I think reactor was one of the first with stereo sound (great game) I always like sinistar b/c they turned the classic model (your ship is faster than the baddies and you must avoid touching anything) on it's head what made it really playable (kinda going back to the topic I suppose)is they used a 49 position (7 degrees in X by 7 degrees in Y) optical joystick, so you had finer control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 Oh, IIRC - somebody wrote (in Blitzbasic or maybe darkbasic) a 3d missile command -- i don't mean the display cosmetics has depth -- I mean gameplay is actually in 3-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 Apple acquired the license for the mouse for $40,000 from the Standford Institute. An unbelievably smart investment that paid off in spades and a lot cheaper than this mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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