On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Matt Wenham wrote: > > 2008/9/23 Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Actually, the mouse was developed to control an early hypertext >> system >> at SRI in 1967. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_(computing)#Early_mice gives: > > Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute invented the > mouse in 1963 after extensive usability testing. He never received any > royalties for it, as his patent ran out before it became widely used > in personal computers.
Ahhh, the glories of Wikipedia! This is the article I referenced... <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart> "In 1967, Engelbart applied for, and in 1970 he received a patent for the wooden shell with two metal wheels (computer mouse U.S. Patent 3,541,541 ), describing it in the patent application as an "X-Y position indicator for a display system". Engelbart later revealed that it was nicknamed the "mouse" because the tail came out the end. His group also called the on-screen cursor a "bug," but this term was not widely adopted." This article makes no mention of 1963 at all... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
