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Article: Workings of the computer mouse
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Raphael Phan Chung Wei
New Straits Times
03-14-2002
Workings of the computer mouse
Byline: Raphael Phan Chung Wei
Edition: Computimes; 2*
Section: Resources
Memo: Graphics (Art) - Figure 1 - 2.
UNLIKE the dreaded mouse which terrorises almost every home, the computer mouse is a part of every computer system. In fact, if the computer mouse were considered as a pet, it would be the most stroked pet in the world!
The first computer mouse was invented back in 1968 by Douglas C. Engelbart and originally named the "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System". In comparison to the computer mouse that we have today, the first computer mouse could well have been called a cat. Nevertheless, it was a ...