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PowerBook ADB mouse

Posted by: John_A on 2013-12-05 08:06:37 .. in the same dark, grey stylish color as the Powerbooks used to have.. Were such a device ever released by Apple or someone else?

Posted by: sadmanonatrain on 2013-12-05 10:17:37 John_A, Do you mean something like this? It came with a PowerBook 140 I bought a few years ago. This is the only example of a PowerBook coloured ADB mouse I've ever seen!

Posted by: John_A on 2013-12-05 10:39:56 :beige: Yes, that's exactly what I am looking for. I have never seen one other than on pictures, I wonder how many of these that were made? Let me know if its for sale. 😉

Posted by: sadmanonatrain on 2013-12-05 12:29:49 John_A, Its Family No. is M2702 and its Serial No. is MI3374B5T18. It's not for sale as I'm going through an ADB mouse shortage. It must be an uncommon item as I find that the trackball on the 100 series PowerBooks is quite good!

Posted by: techknight on 2013-12-05 17:42:52 That trackball worries me. The rubber/silicon rollers will eventually break down, if they havent started already. And when this happens, How do we fix it?

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-12-05 21:27:08 Sweet rodent there, comrade! :approve:

Posted by: LCGuy on 2013-12-17 17:54:58 Very, very cool...I had no idea these existed!

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-12-17 19:12:57 I need to find a source for PowerBook Gray plastic dye! [🙂] ]'> Maybe even a just a little darker to match one of my KDS/radius LCD' that's just a tad darker than PBGray. [}🙂] ]'>

Posted by: finkmac on 2013-12-17 19:35:19 Would you mind taking a few pictures of the inside of the mouse ball holder?

Posted by: sadmanonatrain on 2013-12-18 12:54:13 finkmacunix, I have taken a few photographs of the mouse ball holder and uploaded them to Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6j6P7lBWw-BMFVfMm1DTVRwSE0&usp=sharing I'm a fan of the 'teardrop' mouse; it has such a satisfying click to it!

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