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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Mice that came with eacga
« on: January 24, 2017, 06:46:26 AM »
AFAIK only the A1000,  A500, A2000 shipped with the straight edge "tank" style, at least in the UK. Everything A500+ onwards came with a rounded mouse.

Best way to check would be looking through old magazines and scope out the package shots in advertisements, but not many really liked using the originals. They were uncomfortable for many people. For the minority they were great.

Don't ask me why, I never cared, so long as the thing worked I was happy. :) It's not like I ever saw an Amiga with original packaging, intact.

Maybe the rarest is the CDTV controller. That I was impressed with - cut down keyboard, mouse, joystick, all in one wireless package. It was huge, but all the buttons were useful.
« Last Edit: January 24, 2017, 07:02:36 AM by Pat the Cat »
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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Mice that came with eacga
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2017, 08:17:15 AM »
Dec 1991 UK review of A500+ (AF, probably written November). The cover of that issue is unretouched, it really was a monitor with the back off and a stripped naked Amiga. Which means I did void the warranty pretty damn quick on the thing... So much for my memory.

It doesn't look QUITE like the classic tank mouse, the angle is bad, but it probably is one. Definitely isn't branded boing ball... From what I remember, a lot of worldwide CBM kit was shipped to the UK to support demand, so there was a bit of variation in what the end user got. I don't think they ever shipped an optical mouse as standard, but maybe some later suppliers of Amigas did.

If you EVER come across one of these joysticks, get it. Not only collectable,  probably the best single button joystick ever. Very very short travel.  The clip usually flip off pretty quick, but the rest very solid. Swedish  design, obviously unlicensed.

http://gizmodo.com/5337347/terminator-grenade-joystick-trades-pew-pew-with-timmy-nooooooo
« Last Edit: January 25, 2017, 09:43:05 AM by Pat the Cat »
"To recurse is human. To iterate, divine."

A1200, Vanilla, Surf Squirrel, SD Card, KS 3.0/3.z, PCMCIA dev
A500, Vanilla, A570, Rev 5, KS 1.2/1.3 Testbench system
Rasp Pi, UAE4ARM, 3D laser scanner, experimental, hoping for AmigaOS4Arm, based on Watterott Fabscan Pi
 

Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Mice that came with eacga
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2017, 09:40:22 AM »
If you EVER come across one of these, get it. Not only collectable, probably the best single button joystick ever. Very very short travel. The clip usually flip off pretty quick, but the rest very solid. Swedish design, obviously unlicensed.

http://gizmodo.com/5337347/terminator-grenade-joystick-trades-pew-pew-with-timmy-nooooooo
"To recurse is human. To iterate, divine."

A1200, Vanilla, Surf Squirrel, SD Card, KS 3.0/3.z, PCMCIA dev
A500, Vanilla, A570, Rev 5, KS 1.2/1.3 Testbench system
Rasp Pi, UAE4ARM, 3D laser scanner, experimental, hoping for AmigaOS4Arm, based on Watterott Fabscan Pi