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30th May 2020, 9:47 pm | #1 |
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Apple Lisa Mouse
I have an Apple Macintosh 512k. See picture.
I was told recently that the mouse isn't a Mac mouse but is in fact an Apple Lisa mouse and when I checked the part number, sure enough it was. I'm also told that it's quite rare and valuable. Not that I want to sell it. I read that the original Lisa mouse had a steel ball in it but mine has a rubber one. So my question is, does anyone know if all Lisa mice had a steel ball or did some, later on in production, have a rubber ball? John
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31st May 2020, 8:38 am | #2 |
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Re: Apple Lisa Mouse
I think all the mechanical mice that I've seen had a rubber coated steel ball. The steel ball for weight and rubber coating for grip. I suppose that it could have just been a steel ball (ball bearings were available) in early models - I've not seen one though.
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31st May 2020, 10:35 am | #3 |
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Re: Apple Lisa Mouse
No, neither have I.
I read this: 'Unique to this mouse was the use of a steel ball, instead of the usual rubber found in subsequent and modern mice.' I thought a steel ball would lack grip and maybe it was subsequently rubberised. Whatever, I'm keeping it because the Mac is useless without it and I haven't got another! John
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31st May 2020, 10:41 am | #4 |
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Re: Apple Lisa Mouse
I don't know these machines but I'm struck by how similar the desktop is to that of the Atari ST. I can understand now why the Atari ST was dubbed the 'Jackintosh' (after Jack Tramiel, who ran Atari at the time).
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31st May 2020, 11:31 am | #5 |
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Re: Apple Lisa Mouse
Lovely machine - I cannot believe I took mine to the Skip - sigh.
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31st May 2020, 11:43 am | #6 |
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Re: Apple Lisa Mouse
Skip! I have binned things in the past and subsequently discovered that actually, that was quite rare and iconic in its way and perhaps binning it wasn't a good idea. I've no doubt lots of us have done that!
My children played with the Mac endlessly, or they would have done if I hadn't rationed it. Now it's the grandchildren's turn, and rationing isn't my problem! John
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31st May 2020, 2:39 pm | #7 |
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Re: Apple Lisa Mouse
Yes we have - so far my lost inventory includes a TS2068, Memotech 512 and perhaps a worse situation was the use of an issue 1 ZX Spectrum as part of a fancy dress - along with an Amstrad serial port I think...
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31st May 2020, 4:45 pm | #8 | |
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31st May 2020, 11:26 pm | #9 | |
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Oh and gutted an IBM 5170 to swap in a 486SX motheboard. That one is a particular regret as it had a PGC and monitor - still have the PCG, no idea what happened to the monitor or the rest of the system. |
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