[DennisR]

Hm...in the mid-80s Xerox had a mouse-based system called the Star. It was a fantastic machine for word processing. The documentary did not mention this?

[WhiskeyX]

We sold the Xerox 8010 STAR Dandelion to corporations and specialty businesses looking for the flexibility of graphics and typefaces in 1981. See the photographs at:

Xerox 860 IPS
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/xerox860/index.html

Xerox 8010 STAR (Dandelion)
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/xerox-8010/index.html

[hamboy]

Was that mid-80 Xerox machine’s mouse already optical like the Xerox DocuTech 6135ps I toyed with in mid-90?