![]() Initial models came with large mousepads with well-spaced lines, while later models were smaller and used a much tighter grid. The mouse was connected via a dedicated connector with power, obviating the need for a separate power supply for the mouse. ![]() Some mice would derive their power supply from the keyboard connector on the motherboard and came with a pass-through connector to be inserted before the keyboard cable.Įarly Sun workstations used MSC optical mice exclusively. When connected to a regular RS-232 port, an external power supply was required. Like all early optical mice, their debut product relied on a special metallic and reflective mousepad printed with a square grid of grey and blue tracking lines: as the device moved over the pad, light emitted by an LED was reflected by the pad onto an array of sensors whose output was processed by an on-board controller, which in turn supplied the host computer with machine-readable tracking data via an RS-232 serial port. KYE Systems, producer of the Genius brand of mice, acquired Mouse Systems in 1990. ![]() Millions of copies were shipped, primarily bundled with all their mice until the early 1990s. Mouse Systems wanted the software re-developed to look more like Apple's MacPaint so Wolfgram brought in co-developer John Bridges and together they re-wrote the program in C with an updated user interface. In 1982, MSC acquired rights to PCPaint from Microtex Industries, the first mouse-driven image manipulation program for the IBM PC, written in assembly language by Doug Wolfgram. Mouse Systems' optical mouse, wired to a Sun workstation and an Atari 400 running Missile Command, attracted many observers at the October, 1982 Mini/Micro '82 conference in Anaheim, attended by over 10 000 people-and won a "best new product" award. The company was responsible for bringing the mouse to the IBM PC for the first time. Mouse Systems Corporation ( MSC), formerly Rodent Associates, was founded in 1982 by Steve Kirsch. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ġ982 41 years ago ( 1982) in Fremont, California ( September 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This article possibly contains original research.
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