27 Apr
2018
27 Apr
'18
2:13 p.m.
On Apr 27,
2018, at 4:13 AM, Peter Jeremy <peter(a)rulingia.com> wrote:
On 2018-Apr-27 19:57:51 +1000, Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
On this day in 1981, some little company called Xerox PARC introduced
Well, the company was Xerox. PARC was their research facility.
something called a "mouse" (mostly
because it has a tail), but I'm
Douglas Engelbart demonstrated the mouse in his "Mother of All Demos" on
1968-Dec-09 (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY) According
to WP, he applied for the patent in 1967 so I'm not sure when he invented it.
--
Peter Jeremy