Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:36:40 -0600 (CST) | | From | "Gregory S. Youngblood" <> | | Subject | Re: Linux stifles innovation... |
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On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 12:00:03PM -0600, Gregory S. Youngblood wrote: > > > I remember being at a computer show in Minneapolis where a small company > > was showing off this mouse that worked on a variety of surfaces without a > > ball. I'm trying to remember if the mouse was optical or used yet another > > method of functioning -- I think it was optical, though I could be > > mistaken. This was in 1992/1993. > > I think you are correct here. I seem to recall mention of some > of those earlier devices at the time of the Microsoft announcement. I > seem to also recall some of the reliability problem they had. I believe > they were extremely fussy about the surface they were on.
In the demo I saw, they had about 6 sample surfaces ranging from a mirror to blue jeans. I also got to play with the mouse on the demo system and it worked very well. At the time, mice were about $25 to $35 dollars, and theirs were like $79 or $99. I remember thinking it was a cool toy, but the price difference was going to keep it from mass market potential.
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