Mindset Mouse
A wedge-shaped case, red buttons and a familiar ALPS mechanism inside.
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Stories behind the objects. Finds, mechanisms and life outside the display case.
The Engelbart mouse prototype
The story of the first mouse and the search for parts to build a faithful replica.
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Star Trek Mouse
A mouse from a set that turned a computer into an Enterprise console.
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Fujitsu FM Towns FMT-MO101
The round mouse for the multimedia FM TOWNS: design and ergonomics.
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Vtech / Edu Toys: Venom
A real ball mechanism in a children's educational-computer mouse.
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BShRU
An unidentified 1987 ball controller with adjustable bearing pressure.
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Lunaris M-LMA Variable
An Elecom mouse by frog design, with hidden sensitivity-selector possibilities.
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The SS-1M module
Hybrid microassemblies in a Soviet telemetry-system module.
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ICA Technology Aero IM-PC20
Spaceship styling, three sensitivity modes and a seventy-page manual.
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IBM Convertible 5140
IBM's first laptop, its expansion modules and an unusual carrying case.
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Tesla Blatná 3WN16605
A Czech mouse and the story of high technology at the Slušovice cooperative.
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Patent illustrations
A short note about an unexpected drawing in a patent application.
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UNIA: a mouse with a lid
A complete numeric keypad hides beneath the mouse's lid.
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Elecom GRAIO Variable CountMouse
A front-mounted ball, angled axes and hardware sensitivity adjustment.
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Fujitsu FMMO-202
The elephant-tortoise mouse for Japan's Fujitsu FMR ecosystem.
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Sicos Luigi Colani Mouse
Luigi Colani's biomorphic case and an attempt to fit the mouse to the hand.
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MM 8031 Korvet
A mouse for the school Korvet system: quadrature signals and nine conductors.
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The first USB flash drive
DiskOnKey: a patent, eight megabytes and the idea of a disk on a key ring.
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Mighty Mouse
A 1985 prototype with five buttons, pressure-sensitive controls and a wheel.
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Mouse Systems ProAgio / Genius EasyScroll
An early scroll wheel, a belt drive and the story behind scrolling's role.
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The IBM 3090 processor
Several dies on one substrate: a look at a processor module.
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Minsk-32 magnetic-core memory
How a memory cube works and what one Minsk-32 core plane stores.
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How a light pen works
CRT scanning, a photosensor and a magnetic switch inside a Soviet light pen.
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Everton WinPoint EVT-P01
A mouse with its own pad and linear optical encoders.
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Daco DT420-02-01
An industrial trackball that separates ball support from the encoders.
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Alps prototype: Tandy Color Mouse
A suspected Alps prototype and its resemblance to the Tandy Color Mouse.
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Artec A20
A small optical mouse with axis-lock buttons and its own little dust coat.
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AMX Mouse
An affordable mouse for British home computers, with several different mechanisms.
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Mouse 04.P for the Poisk
A rare Parus-made mouse for the Poisk computer.
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Booby Track
An unusual shape, a textured ball and additional corner rollers.
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IBM PS/2 Trackpoint
A combined mouse and trackball with a transforming case and two pairs of buttons.
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Penny & Giles TrackerMouse
A trackball and mouse in one case: portability the Penny & Giles way.
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Penny & Giles M3/100
Brass mechanics, reflective encoders and a Sinclair QL conversion.
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MAN-88
A 1988 Bulgarian mouse with two protocols and power drawn from the keyboard.
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The Megatron optical trackball
An unusual ball pattern that gives an optical sensor a surface to track.
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Depraz, Digimouse and Logitech P4
How laboratory prototypes became the recognisable domed mouse.
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The American Computer mouse
A mouse with enormous narrow buttons and a long journey from Egypt.
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Hi-Bon Optical Laser Mouse
Infrared light guides, a special pad and three hardware operating modes.
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An airborne computer module
A board believed to come from the Salyut family, with unpackaged integrated circuits.
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ES 1849
A rare Minsk Computer Plant mouse: a new case with familiar circuitry.
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HP OmniBook Mouse
A laptop's pop-out mouse with neither a ball nor electronics inside.
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Mark II X063X
Jack Hawley's design, with drum encoders and a demanding cleaning procedure.
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Torrington Manager Mouse
A ball-free mouse with angled wheels and contact movement sensors.
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Graphic Mouse
Potentiometers, drive belts and an adjustable working area in place of familiar encoders.
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An Amdahl 470V/6 processor module
A 1975 mainframe module with wiring to give an engineer nightmares.
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ES 1845
An all-metal Soviet mouse for a protected workstation.
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Xerox 8010 Star
Two- and three-button versions of the mouse for the Xerox Star.
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