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This messes with my chronology a bit —- where did you get the mouse to work with this? Did it come with the software? Were mice prevalent on PCs before the Mac
by dannyobrien 5y ago
This messes with my chronology a bit —- where did you get the mouse to work with this? Did it come with the software? Were mice prevalent on PCs before the Mac and Windows?
- tibbetts 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_Systems became available in 1982. My first mouse (on an Apple 2c) came with drawing software included.
- blihp 5y agoMice were available, just not generally that useful because so few applications supported them. Usually they came with a bundled paint-type program. IIRC, in the early days of Windows (i.e. 1980's probably into the early 90's) they sold bundles with mice since they were still quite rare for people to have on PCs. They were just another input peripheral you could buy like joysticks and digitizers. Getting software to work with them was another story...