1991 · Peripheral
Microsoft BallPoint Mouse (1991)
Microsoft's first trackball, a small ball built into a mouse-shaped body.
Aimed at laptop users who needed a pointer on the go, it clipped to the side of the computer and was an early attempt at a portable pointing device.
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Facts
- Date
- 1991
- Kind
- Peripheral: Mouse
- Maker or publisher
- Microsoft
- Platforms
- DOS, Windows
- Type
- trackball
- Connection
- serial / PS/2
- Works with
- DOS, Windows
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Related
- Windows 3.0 (works with, 1990)
- Microsoft Mouse (predecessor, 1983)
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