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This could become a collectible piece of hardware. A sort of beautiful tech historical folly. Might be worth the actual price over a 50 to 60 year timeline.
by scandox 10y ago
This could become a collectible piece of hardware. A sort of beautiful tech historical folly. Might be worth the actual price over a 50 to 60 year timeline.
- mschuster91 10y ago> This could become a collectible piece of hardware. A sort of beautiful tech historical folly. Might be worth the actual price over a 50 to 60 year timeline. Remember CueCat? (Actually I was a young kid back then, but I'd really like to have one. I like cats.)
- scandox 10y agoNo but that is cool looking. My former business partner had a tangentially related idea. He wanted a mouse that copy-pasted across different computers.
- shliachtx 10y agoHave this https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/project-details.aspx?project=mouse-without-borders https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/project-details.aspx?...
- dboreham 10y agoStill have mine on the shelf in the office.
- gwern 10y agoA discouraging idea - checking eBay, brandnew Cuecats are like $10. I think that's well below their original selling price, even after all these years of inflation.
- Arizhel 10y agoActually, no, that's infinitely higher than their original selling price, literally. They were given away for free at Radio Shack. I used to have one; I spent a few minutes playing with it, then stashed it away thinking I'd eventually find something useful to do with it, but never did. I eventually gave it to Goodwill or something.
- planteen 10y agoI got quite a few as a nerdy middle school kid who frequented RadioShack. I always thought I'd come up with something interesting you do with them too. Never did...
- gwern 10y agoOh, my bad. I could've sworn they were originally sold for at least $10 but checking WP, they apparently were given away right from the start.
- LeoPanthera 10y agoThere's a ton of them on eBay right now, many of them pre-modified to remove the DRM.
- dingo_bat 10y agoExcept it won't work. Historical antiques are usually interesting because they still work after decades (if care is taken).