mouse for an IBM XT

[gleegum]

Is there an IBM branded mouse for this machine?
I'm looking online for a serial mouse for an XT, but I can't find an IBM serial mouse, just PS/2 ones or from other brands.
Which mouse would be a period correct one?

thanks

 

[T-R-A]

http://www.mcamafia.de/mycomp/mycomp06.htm

Microsoft Bus mouse was likely the most common one in the XT's heyday.

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23901

 

[gleegum]

http://www.mcamafia.de/mycomp/mycomp06.htm

Microsoft Bus mouse was likely the most common one in the XT's heyday.

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23901

Ok, I see that the Microsoft bus mouse needs its own bus port card.
Thanks sir.

 

[Chuck(G)]

Serial mice were also very popular then. You need an RS232 port for those.

 

[nc_mike]

Is there an IBM branded mouse for this machine?
I'm looking online for a serial mouse for an XT, but I can't find an IBM serial mouse, just PS/2 ones or from other brands.
Which mouse would be a period correct one?

thanks

And there are a lot of multi-function ISA boards out there to save a slot over a dedicated board. My ATi Graphics Ultra Mach 8 ISA adapter had an external port for a bus mouse which is where I hook up my Microsoft serial mouse on COM1 (which I think is 200dpi mouse if I am not mistaken).

Mike

 

[SomeGuy]

Did IBM even produce or sell mice before the PS/2?

 

[krebizfan]

Did IBM even produce or sell mice before the PS/2?

IBM sold a mouse to go with the RT PC in 1986. https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/S...S186-006/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en Also, see http://www.oldmouse.com/mouse/ibm/ with the two button mouse to the left of the first PS/2 mouse which I think is the mouse shown in RT PC advertising. Hard to be sure since the advertising gives a poor viewing angle of the mouse.

 

[gleegum]

I do have serial mouses, also a serial port on the machine. I was wondering if there was an IBM specific mouse for this machine, I'm learning that there wasn't one. Thanks guys

 

[T-R-A]

I do have serial mouses, also a serial port on the machine. I was wondering if there was an IBM specific mouse for this machine, I'm learning that there wasn't one. Thanks guys

Mice were far less necessary during the first half-decade after the introduction of the IBM PC. AFAIR, Microsoft tried to spur interest by offering a discount on their Bus Mouse with a copy of Windows. Since Windows really didn't take off until Win3.0 (1990), there wasn't a tremendous demand until then. Even though IBM released the PS/2 (with the corresponding PS/2 mouse port) in 1987, most users stuck with menu-driven (i.e. DOS-based) applications on that machine as well.