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What do you know about Douglas Englehart developing the computer mouse in 1964?

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Posted by highschool on Tuesday November 4, 2008 at 7:55 AM and tagged with computer mouse, douglas englehart, history.

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  1. morrol
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    Douglas Englehart, a professor at Stanford University, developed the mouse in 1964. It was to be used with a five key chorded keyboard meant to replace the typical typewriter keyboard.  The mouse was called a mouse because it resempled one. The two buttons were eyes, and the chord was a tail.

    The mouse was never used until 1983 when it was introduced on the Apple Lisa computor.

    He also invented a foot operated 'rat', but that was never produced.

    Sources:
    http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/webtext.cfm?unit=mouse

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    Posted by morrol on Tuesday November 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM