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Mouse Systems, Steve Kirsch's company, was shipping optical mice in 1982. They were standard issue on Sun workstations for years. I leave it to your judgment
by ScottBurson 13y ago
Mouse Systems, Steve Kirsch's company, was shipping optical mice in 1982. They were standard issue on Sun workstations for years. I leave it to your judgment whether that qualifies as "mainstream".
- wtallis 13y agoMainstream is debatable, yes, but the quote used the word consumer, which Sun definitely wasn't.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoA Sun 360 deskside computer was definitely consumer, it was only the size of a filing cabinet (definitely made for nuclear war though, heavily shielded).
- kalleboo 13y agoThe Mouse Systems optical mice were available for other, consumer, platforms as well. We had a Mouse Systems optical mouse (with the metal grid mousepad) for our Mac Classic in the early 90's.
- KC8ZKF 13y agoI remember Sun's mice. You needed a special mouse pad with a grid layout printed on it.
- adorton 13y agoAre those the ones that needed special metal mousepads? Those were rad. My dad had one for drafting.
- Aloha 13y agoyes, they are.
- Aloha 13y agoMy first mouse was a Mouse Systems serial mouse - in my 286 - today I picked up a NIB PS/2 Mouse Systems mouse with pad.