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English: The Telefunken Rollkugel was announced on October 2, 1968 – more than two months before Douglas Engelbart’s notorius demo of his mouse; it was routineley used from 1972, more than 9 years before the first mouse marketed in USA (with the Xerox Star )
Deutsch: Die Rollkugel der Firma AEG-Telefunken wurde am 2. Oktober 1968 angekündigt – über zwei Monate vor Douglas Engelbarts legendärer Demonstration seiner Maus; die Rollkugel war spätestens seit 1972 im Routinebetrieb, mehr als 9 Jahre vor der ersten in den USA (mit dem Xerox Star ) vertriebenen Maus.
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Source Flickr : Unique mouse from Telefunken, pt. 2
Author Marcin Wichary
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Telefunken “Rollkugel” RKS 100-86 – the 1st computer mouse world-wide

7 March 2008

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