21 Nov
2025
21 Nov
'25
8:11 a.m.
That sounds like the Xerox workstation mouse I remember. Early DEC mice had balls. :-)
paul
On Nov 21, 2025, at 4:06 AM, Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Do you know the DEC order number or name?
Jim Davis via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> schrieb am Fr., 21. Nov. 2025,
07:50:
> Hi Bill,
> I have a early 80's soap-bar mouse that uses the aluminized X/Y grid mouse
> pad. I offered it here and ebay for $20 bucks with no interest.
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 11/20/2025 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/20/2025 2:54 PM, microprint314--- via cctalk wrote:
>>>> I'm not expecting thousands of $ for it. I found a cool, and possibly
>>>> consequential vintage computer accessory. Then I saw $20K-$30K
>>>> listings for it online, so naturally I want to learn more and try to
>>>> establish a potential sale price.
>>>
>>> I have a couple old DC mice. The kind with DB9 not the kind with
>> Ooops. ^^
>> DEC
>>> the mini-din plug. I have offered them for sale a number of times
>>> over the years. So far the highest offer I have ever got was $0.
>>> Apparently these things are worthless. Mine are interesting mostly
>>> because with all the years I have worked with DEC equipment I have
>>> never learned what they might have been used on. They are still
>>> in the basement in a box somewhere but once I am gone I am sure
>>> my wife will now what to do with them. :-)
>>>
>>> bill
>>
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