I sold a Xerox Star 810 keyboard and steel-ball mouse for $180 at the most recent VCF swap meet in Wall, NJ. Felt nice to hand it to someone who knew what it was.
-- Anders Nelson www.andersknelson.com On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > That sounds like the Xerox workstation mouse I remember. Early DEC mice > had balls. :-) > > paul > > > On Nov 21, 2025, at 4:06 AM, Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Do you know the DEC order number or name? > > > > Jim Davis via cctalk <[email protected]> schrieb am Fr., 21. Nov. > 2025, > > 07:50: > > > >> Hi Bill, > >> I have a early 80's soap-bar mouse that uses the aluminized X/Y grid > mouse > >> pad. I offered it here and ebay for $20 bucks with no interest. > >> > >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 11/20/2025 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 11/20/2025 2:54 PM, microprint314--- via cctalk wrote: > >>>>> I'm not expecting thousands of $ for it. I found a cool, and possibly > >>>>> consequential vintage computer accessory. Then I saw $20K-$30K > >>>>> listings for it online, so naturally I want to learn more and try to > >>>>> establish a potential sale price. > >>>> > >>>> I have a couple old DC mice. The kind with DB9 not the kind with > >>> Ooops. ^^ > >>> DEC > >>>> the mini-din plug. I have offered them for sale a number of times > >>>> over the years. So far the highest offer I have ever got was $0. > >>>> Apparently these things are worthless. Mine are interesting mostly > >>>> because with all the years I have worked with DEC equipment I have > >>>> never learned what they might have been used on. They are still > >>>> in the basement in a box somewhere but once I am gone I am sure > >>>> my wife will now what to do with them. :-) > >>>> > >>>> bill > >>> > >> > >
