From: Earl Baugh <earl.baugh@gmail.com>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] in memoriam - Bill English, mouse co-creator
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:30:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5B43EBFF-B557-4FD3-8146-188D7ED4C64D@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2Nm+CDVN3g0z6X-UO1AEfVELnhJYHmAa9-mVuEcHPmgBQ@mail.gmail.com>
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The Sun 1 also had a Hawley mouse ( as an early option ), before they switched to the optical.
Earl
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> On Aug 11, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks, Will. A mild sigh while reading it though because history seems to often forget Jack Hawley's role. Truth is he did not invent it, but he >>is<< the one that made them and got people to use them (the Xerox Alto's used a Hawley Mouse, DEC would use it, E&S used them etc.). As this article points out, he made about 80% of all the mice used in the 1970s: https://www.oldmouse.com/mouse/hawley/ - certainly the first ones I used at CMU before we got the Altos and then after the first Alto's appeared.
>
> Tek's Magnolia used a flavor of the Hawley mouse in 1979 [the ones with buttons horizontal/parallel to the 'body' - the original Alto mouse the buttons were horizontal and colored), but I don't remember what 3Rivers PascAlto used - I think so, but I don't remember.
>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 6:50 PM Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> About a week ago, Bill English passed away. He was a Xerox guy, who along with Douglas Engelbart of "Mother of all demos" fame, created our beloved mouse:
>>
>> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53638033
>>
>> I remember, back in the mid-1980's being part of a focus group evaluating Microsoft's mouse. Wow, time flies.
>>
>> -Will
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2020-08-10 22:49 Will Senn
2020-08-11 14:01 ` Clem Cole
2020-08-11 17:30 ` Earl Baugh [this message]
2020-08-11 17:40 ` Lawrence Stewart
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