Meeses (was Re: OT HP vectra networking

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Sam Ismail wrote: Am I the only one who has never had enough space on my desk for a mouse? (I hate meeses to pieces.) I've used the IBM trackpoint pretty much exclusively ever since they came out with it. I've had mice on the brain recently: What was the first PC mouse, and how was it used? I think it was Mouse Systems PC Mouse used with PC Paint in 1982, even before the Apple Lisa hit the streets. What was the first microcomputer mouse? I think it might be the same as above, but microprocessor-based workstations like the Sun-1 might be earlier. The first pointing device? I'm pretty sure it was the light pen used with the SAGE in the 1950's. How about an exhaustive (?) list of pointing devices? Light pen, touch screen, track ball, touch pad, keyboard, pen + digitizer, mouse pen, trackpoint (eraser head), knee pointer, eye tracker, head tracker, ring mouse, isopoint (tootsie roll), space ball (3-d trackball), joystick, power glove, steering wheel. More? -- Doug