I have a new in box Commodore Amiga 1000 Prototype

[Jope]

Woooh, good ! Blue buttons mouse ?

The NEOS was for the C-64, they probably bought a bunch of those and hand-modified them.

It's very similar in mechanics to the old 1351 C-64 mouse.

I also found this on my travels on the internet:
http://www.tcocd.de/Pictures/Peripheral/Mitsumi/ccmouse.shtml

Obviously Mitsumi made the mice, as they were one of the subcontractors for Commodore..

Maybe try emailing Dave Haynie or Bil Herd?  Bil's a super nice guy...

Those two guys were not involved with the Amiga at this stage, so they might not have the best knowledge about this era. You want some of those guys whose names are written beneath the top cover of production A1000s.. They were actually there.

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I've owned PAL A1000s with daughterboards.. There's a few revisions of the A1000 mobo.

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Actually, both Herd and Haynie were present at Los Gatos when Commodore purchased Amiga, Inc.   In Bagnall's book they are quoted about working with Amiga, Inc. right after the purchase.

I must admit I have a hole in my history knowledge here. What book is this?

I was under the impression that Herd and Haynie were still working with the C-128 during that time, Haynie then shifted to the Amiga world for the B2000.

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On the edge: the spectacular rise and fall of Commodore by Bagnall:
http://tinyurl.com/2u8q8vv

A bit shoddily redacted (typos and spelling errors); nevertheless a great read. A must buy for anyone interested in the inner workings of Commodore.

Ah yes, I have that on my shelf but haven't read it in years.. I guess I need to check it again.

Another one that's worth hunting down: The home computer wars (Tomczyk).. You'll find most of the 8-bit era text in rise and fall is pretty similar. :-)

Hmm, it was actually one of the first hits on google, the book has been out of print for years.
http://www.retrocomputing.net/info/hcw-ebook.txt