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  • AMihkal: Apple Mice I Have Known and Loved (And One That I Detest)

    From Stephen Cole@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 5 10:41:29 2019
    XPost: uk.comp.vintage, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, uk.comp.sys.mac

    I wrote a piece about the range of Apple mice I have used and enjoyed over
    the years:

    https://www.vintageapplemac.com/amihkal-apple-mice-i-have-known-and-loved-and-one-that-i-detest/

    --
    M0TEY // STC
    www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to dog_cow@macgui.com on Tue Nov 5 13:48:15 2019
    In article <dog_cow-1572978288@macgui.com>, D Finnigan
    <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:

    https://www.vintageapplemac.com/amihkal-apple-mice-i-have-known-and-loved-a
    nd-
    one-that-i-detest/

    You missed out the original Apple mouse, which came with first Macs.
    It was a big rectangular block, with a ball and connected to the Mac

    It's his list of mice that he's known and loved, so perhaps he did not love the original Mac mouse, which is hardly surprising, as it's a chunky huge soapbar brick.

    nowhere near as much as the first mouse: <https://cdn.britannica.com/s:700x450/44/27144-004-822DD3F9/computer-mou se-Douglas-Engelbart-way-experiment-part.jpg>

    <https://images.computerhistory.org/revonline/images/500004646-03-01.jpg? w=600>

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  • From D Finnigan@21:1/5 to Phil Taylor on Tue Nov 5 18:24:50 2019
    Phil Taylor wrote:
    In article <h2d1upFsgnvU1@mid.individual.net>, Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:


    https://www.vintageapplemac.com/amihkal-apple-mice-i-have-known-and-loved-and-
    one-that-i-detest/

    You missed out the original Apple mouse, which came with first Macs.
    It was a big rectangular block, with a ball and connected to the Mac

    It's his list of mice that he's known and loved, so perhaps he did not love
    the original Mac mouse, which is hardly surprising, as it's a chunky huge soapbar brick.

    -DF

    --
    ]DF$
    The New Apple II User's Guide:
    https://macgui.com/newa2guide/

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  • From D Finnigan@21:1/5 to nospam on Tue Nov 5 18:28:07 2019
    nospam wrote:
    In article <051120191205310493%nothere@all.invalid>, Phil Taylor <nothere@all.invalid> wrote:


    https://www.vintageapplemac.com/amihkal-apple-mice-i-have-known-and-loved-an
    d-
    one-that-i-detest/

    You missed out the original Apple mouse, which came with first Macs.
    It was a big rectangular block, with a ball and connected to the Mac
    Plus using a D9 plug. It was the first mouse most people had seen at
    the time. It think you're a bit hard on its successor, the ADB mouse.
    It was small and neat compared to its predecessor, and I found it
    fitted my hand nicely.


    not only did he ignore the original mac mouse,

    not only did you ignore the title of his thread which includes keywords "I
    have known" and "loved"

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to usenet@stephenthomascole.com on Wed Nov 6 13:32:39 2019
    XPost: uk.comp.vintage, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, uk.comp.sys.mac

    In article <h2ghe5FkhbuU1@mid.individual.net>, Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:


    The ADB mouse isnšt a bad mouse

    there are *several* adb mice, sometimes difficult to tell the
    difference.

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