Graphic Mouse

Potentiometers, drive belts and an adjustable working area in place of familiar encoders.

The most hardcore mouse mechanically.

Graphic Mouse — photo 1

Its sensors are potentiometers with fixed minimum and maximum positions. An adjustment on the underside lets you align the screen boundaries with the mouse's virtual working area.

Graphic Mouse — photo 2

A belt drive! And the belts haven't dried out over all these years, as they usually do in audio equipment. Have a look at that pressure spring, too.

There are no brains inside. Electronically, this is more of an analogue joystick than a conventional mouse.

Graphic Mouse — photo 3

It all looks like a prototype, but quite a few were produced under different names and with different button colours. This version is for the Apple II; Commodore versions existed as well.

Graphic Mouse — photo 4

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Translated from the original Russian post.

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