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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/

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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
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.

Phil Taylor
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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, but he also didn't
mention the several variants of the adb mouse (not just shape), that
the zero-button design falses a lot and how often the trackpea on the
apple mouse (can't call it mighty mouse) gets jammed and that it's next
to impossible to clean.

he also ignored the magic trackpads, and that an apple-provided mouse
is not even required. there were multi-button adb mice and trackballs,
and of course, countless usb ones.
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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

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The New Apple II User's Guide:
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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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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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In article <dog_cow-1572978485@macgui.com>, D Finnigan
<dog_cow@macgui.com> 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"

it's incomplete and inaccurate.
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In comp.sys.mac.vintage, Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

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/

I can't say I've ever loved any of the Apple mice. Some were more
tolerable than others. Last time I was using a Mac regularly (2017) I
bought a USB-C adapater to use a compact USB mouse with retractable
cord, rather like this one:

https://www.newegg.com/p/0TP-005Z-00072

It has the reliablity of corded without the excess wire of most mice
(and without the bulking cord reel on most retractable cord options).

How about a Apple keyboards article? The Apple Extended Keyboard II,
mentioned next to the second ADB mouse, has my vote for best Apple
keyboard, and it is a keyboard I certainly loved and used for years.

Elijah
------
is not a fan of current Apple human input devices
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In article <h2ghe5FkhbuU1@mid.individual.net>, Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

The ADB mouse isn¹t a bad mouse

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