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t1_j9kum4u wrote

Just yetted one of those to the recycler

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OP t1_j9kwbwn wrote

This one might be right behind. On the other hand, the 90's are so fetch right now.

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t1_j9krnbl wrote

trackball? what was the battery life on this antique?

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t1_j9kukk4 wrote

Had a simular one at one point(it was a knockoff and slightly newer than 90's), lasted a bit more than a month, 5+ hours of daily use

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OP t1_j9ks1tk wrote

Yes, trackball. Don't really remember battery life but it takes 2 AAA. Going to see if it still works later.

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t1_j9lhab7 wrote

This isn’t a trackball. It’s a regular non optical mouse with scroll wheel. Trackballs have an exposed ball on top that you move with your thumb.

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t1_j9lr2u4 wrote

This isn’t a trackball. It’s a regular non optical mouse with scroll wheel. Trackballs have an exposed ball on top that you move with your thumb.

EDIT: I should have been more specific. Mouses were just referred to as a mouse back when they were mechanical and used a rubber coated steel ball.

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OP t1_j9lq9pq wrote

Agreed, that's what trackball means to me too. Had one for years. But I wasn't going to argue semantics and I knew what 66smeg meant.

tbf, it wasn't called 'non optical mouse' back then either. It was just a mouse. 🐁

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t1_j9lqhu6 wrote

Obviously not. I remember when optical mouses came out. It was so new and unexpected. Of course a mouse was just a mouse back in the day.

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t1_j9lm5wp wrote

Trackball mice had a ball underneath that rolled when you move the mouse with rollers on the inside tracking its movement. It's what they used before optical mice. RSI mice are completely different.

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t1_j9lnqbu wrote

I’m very familiar with old mice. That’s just the way it was back then. Google ‘trackball mouse’. Maybe this is like me calling the original Xbox the 180.

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t1_j9lpzop wrote

No those were just called 'mice'. Trackballs weren't mice. They didn't move on the desk. You're hand rolled a ball that was exposed on the top. You can still get trackballs today.

When optical mice came out, the old ones were called 'ball mice' or 'rolerball mice'. But that's still not trackball mice.

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t1_j9lhh1c wrote

Battery would last forever in these. Months.

EDIT: I actually used these back in the day.

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