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| Happy 35th Birthday to the Microsoft Mouse | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 7 2018, 07:16 AM (224 Views) | |
| RaiderNation | May 7 2018, 07:16 AM Post #1 |
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A lot of great things happened in 1983 – Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” was number two on the Billboard top 100, the average cost of a new house was $82,600, Return of the Jedi was released (I mean, what kid didn’t want to use The Force?), and I was either pretending to be Rocky or playing Whiffle Ball in our cul-de-sac. What I didn’t know at the time is how much the creation of Microsoft's first PC compatible mouse that year would impact my future. In many ways, I owe my life's work to this pioneering piece of hardware. The Microsoft Mouse shipped exactly 35 years ago on May 2, 1983. It was the day the hardware division of the company was born. The "green-eyed" mouse came bundled with Microsoft Word, Notepad, a programmable interface driver for developers, and a tutorial on how to use it. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/happy-35th-birthday-microsoft-mouse-panos-panay/?trk=eml-email_feed_ecosystem_digest_01-recommended_articles-9-Unknown&midToken=AQGPmHj21hXlEg&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=1JKnQallzy08g1 |
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| mysysail | May 10 2018, 04:52 AM Post #2 |
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Happy Birthday to the MS Mouse! |
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| edro14 | May 11 2018, 01:01 PM Post #3 |
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It was a very good year. |
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