trackball? what was the battery life on this antique?

Yes, trackball. Don't really remember battery life but it takes 2 AAA. Going to see if it still works later.

Had a simular one at one point(it was a knockoff and slightly newer than 90's), lasted a bit more than a month, 5+ hours of daily use

Just yetted one of those to the recycler

This one might be right behind. On the other hand, the 90's are so fetch right now.

This isn’t a trackball. It’s a regular non optical mouse with scroll wheel. Trackballs have an exposed ball on top that you move with your thumb.

Yes I wish I would have held on to my 90s creative labs ISA sound cards. Worth a couple hundred or more per card now. Keep the 90s stuff.

Battery would last forever in these. Months.

EDIT: I actually used these back in the day.

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.

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.

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

You sure? https://imgur.com/a/KsnQUxo

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.

The answer is right in your image. I agree with it. Pre-optical mouses were mechanical. If you want to see a trackball mouse, it’s in the top of your pic.

Agreed, that's what trackball means to me too. Had one for years. But I wasn't going to argue semantics and I knew what 66smeg meant.

tbf, it wasn't called 'non optical mouse' back then either. It was just a mouse. 🐁

Obviously not. I remember when optical mouses came out. It was so new and unexpected. Of course a mouse was just a mouse back in the day.

I think we are basically in complete agreement haha.

This isn’t a trackball. It’s a regular non optical mouse with scroll wheel. Trackballs have an exposed ball on top that you move with your thumb.

EDIT: I should have been more specific. Mouses were just referred to as a mouse back when they were mechanical and used a rubber coated steel ball.

27 mHz I'll bet.

Really, I still have many ISA and VESA cards.

Some of it could be worth something for sure.