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To: hamboy

Yes, the Xerox 8010 was using an optical mouse as early as 1981, and not just the mid 80s. Xerox had their own optical mouse design in 1980.


266 posted on 07/25/2012 1:04:11 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Optical mouse back in the 80’s, wow! People thought the optical mouse was Microsoft’s innovation because Macintosh didn’t use optical mouse at first.


269 posted on 07/25/2012 1:15:28 AM PDT by hamboy
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