On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Alan Mead wrote:
> At 10:01 AM 12/23/99 +1300, Juha Saarinen wrote:
>
> >Has it been mentioned that the original mouse was made out of wood?
>
> I've seen reference to copies being made of wood. I inferred that the
> original was plastic or metal. I guess plastic was a revolutionary
> material for computers since it's mentioned that the original Apple
> computers were plastic.
I remember watching a TV special about apple computing a while back that
showed video of one of the founders (not sure which one, maybe
Jobs) playing with his big (music-box-sized) mouse on the first apple,
also made in part of wood.
/me
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