[TUHS] Happy birthday, computer mouse!

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
 |Blimey, but I nearly missed this one (I was sick in bed).
 |
 |On this day in 1981, some little company called Xerox PARC introduced 
 |something called a "mouse" (mostly because it has a tail), but I'm 
 |struggling to find more information about it; wasn't there a photo of a 
 |big boxy device?

http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/28358/1/cernbooks2_12-00

--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)