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Hockey puck mouse (you know, that 90s iMac thing) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

can you imagine a CyberMouse? sharp edges, stops working during random updates, relies on satellite tech instead of rf for no defendable reason, recalled because they just glued the buttons on and they might get stuck, and everyone hates you when they see it?

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Amiga mouse was quite Cybertrucky in form, but pretty functional overall.

Picture of the Amiga 500 mouse, quite angular in it's design

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

oh my god, i think you just found the item that subliminally influenced elon's design! i'm not even kidding

[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember to put it into double-click mode before double clicking or it might catch fire

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

spilled your drink? that voids the warranty.