Talk:Computer mouse
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Typo in reference
[edit]Ref. 5 links to Telegraph MediaGroup. Real article is titled Telegraph Media group.
First commercially available mouse
[edit]At least one commercially available mouse preceded the Telefunken Rollkugelsteuerung; that produced by Computer Displays, Inc. (aka CDI) of Waltham, MA as an accessory to their ARDS (Advanced Remote Display Station) desktop graphics terminal. Their mouse was mentioned in print as early as February 1968 (page 54 in PDF) and April 1968 (page 88), and the ARDS was mentioned as being introduced at the 1968 Spring Joint Computer Conference (April 30 to May 2) in an August 1968 article (page 15). A production mouse from CDI was also the one used in the infamous Mother of All Demos (source). See also the user manual for the ARDS dated December 1, 1968 (a week before the Mother of All Demos).
There were also several other mouse-equipped terminals mentioned in a May 1969 report prepared for the US Air Force, namely the Information International, Inc. 1050 (page 114 in PDF) and the Tasker Industries 9100 and 9110 (page 142), which may have precedence over both Telefunken and the ARDS. Vintageperson (talk) 22:04, 7 February 2025 (UTC)