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Does anybody remember a Taiwanese computer brand called Genius? I remember they were everywhere once, and then disappeared equally fast.
by baybal2 5y ago
Does anybody remember a Taiwanese computer brand called Genius? I remember they were everywhere once, and then disappeared equally fast.
- abcd_f 5y agoThe one from the early 90s? Produced pretty decent mice among other things. Edit: found them, still alive, still making the periphery - https://us.geniusnet.com/about https://us.geniusnet.com/about
- robin_reala 5y agoThey made mice originally, ISTR? I had one in the late 80s, bundled with a paint package called Dr Halo.
- amelius 5y agoThey also were among the first to sell handscanners. E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulccjXS0wPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulccjXS0wPk
- mkl 5y agoThey (or some derivative of them) are still around making PC peripherals, so I don't remember them disappearing. Somewhere I still have the very clicky sharp-cornered three button 1988 Genius mouse[1][2][3] from our first computer (XT clone, amber monochrome screen I used to draw in Dr Halo with that mouse). [1] http://www.tcocd.de/Pictures/Peripheral/Genius/gm6000.shtml http://www.tcocd.de/Pictures/Peripheral/Genius/gm6000.shtml [2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/wontolla/3979875305 https://www.flickr.com/photos/wontolla/3979875305 [3] https://www.todocoleccion.net/segunda-mano/antiguo-raton-genius-mouse-gm-6-como-nuevo-caja-e-instrucciones-pc-made-in-taiwan-1989~x52310900 https://www.todocoleccion.net/segunda-mano/antiguo-raton-gen...
- jhgb 5y agoWell...that's the company that came to my mind when I read the headline? I didn't know there was another one.
- emmanueloga_ 5y agoI do... Actually I also thought the article was talking about Genius hardware at first :-). On my mind, they used to occupy a space in the 90s that is now taken by Logitech. Not sure what happened to Genius!