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- 1960s
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- 1966
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- 1970s
- Mystery wheel mouse
- Hawley Mouse House
- 1972
- Alto I [2]
- 1981
- Xerox 8010 Star [2]
- 1982
- Logitech
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- 1983
- Hawley Mark II X063X
- Lisa
- Microsoft
- Microsoft green-eyed mouse
- 1984
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- 1985
- NeXT Computer
- Microsoft grey-eyed mouse
- 1986
- Hawley DEC mouse
- GEOS GUI
- Atari ST mouse
- Commodore 1350 Mouse
- 1987
- IBM PS/2
- Microsoft 'Dove bar' mouse
- 1996
- USB (see: Connectors)
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Hawley Mark II X063X "Vanilla" Mouse
The "vanilla" mouse is the earliest of the three Mark II mice pictured on oldmouse.com, judging by its lower serial number 07305. The insulation on its very thin black cord has cracked off where the cord exits the mouse, revealing tiny rainbow colored wires. Otherwise, the mouse shows no external wear. But, the large ball makes a faint grinding noise when rolled. There is no way to get inside the ball housing to clean it.
The case top is an off-white plastic, barely darkened from the faintly green tinged white interior. Its three black buttons make a nice clicking action. They are so close on this 3-¼" X 2-1/8" box that they must have been a bit of a challenge to use over long periods.
More X063X Mouses
- Three X063Xes are distinctively colored, each has a tale:
white with black buttons - serial no. 07305
black with white buttons & label - ser. no. 07350
black with tri-colored buttons - serial no. 10154
Hawley Mouse House
Hawley Mark II X063X off-white mouse with black buttons
Left is the Xerox Star mouse next to two Hawley X063X mouses
Plastic case, buttons, and mechanism of the X063X serial no. 07305
- Hawley DEC mouse
- Mark II X063X
- Three X063X flavors:
- vanilla
- licorice
- jelly beans
- Hawley intro