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BasilNorthern t1_j9lm5wp wrote

Reply to comment by Happy-Candle6694 in 90's Wireless Mouse and its "dongle" by notWell69

Trackball mice had a ball underneath that rolled when you move the mouse with rollers on the inside tracking its movement. It's what they used before optical mice. RSI mice are completely different.

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Happy-Candle6694 t1_j9lnqbu wrote

I’m very familiar with old mice. That’s just the way it was back then. Google ‘trackball mouse’. Maybe this is like me calling the original Xbox the 180.

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haijak t1_j9lpzop wrote

No those were just called 'mice'. Trackballs weren't mice. They didn't move on the desk. You're hand rolled a ball that was exposed on the top. You can still get trackballs today.

When optical mice came out, the old ones were called 'ball mice' or 'rolerball mice'. But that's still not trackball mice.

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Happy-Candle6694 t1_j9lnw8q wrote

If you would have taken a look at the results for trackball mouse you probably wouldn’t have responded to me

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