Apple Macintosh Mouse
Apple Macintosh Mouse
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- Description
- Invented in 1963, the mouse improved interactions with computers. However, not until 1984, when Apple Computers introduced the Macintosh and its graphical user interface, did the mouse become a standard computer component.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microcomputer peripherals
- Date made
- 1984
- maker
- Apple Computer
- Place Made
- United States: California, Cupertino
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 6.35 cm x 10.795 cm
- cord: 49 in; 124.46 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.3011.01.1
- catalog number
- 1985.3011.01.1
- nonaccession number
- 1985.3011
- Credit Line
- Apple Computer
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Family & Social Life
- Computers & Business Machines
- Artifact Walls exhibit
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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