This has to be one of my all-time favourite mice – The Microsoft InPort Mouse. Why I hear you cry…
- Well built
- Glides well for a ball mouse
- It is a joy to use.
I still use this mouse with its InPort ISA adapter on my IBM AT PC. The InPort card used to be in my old IBM XT. I disposed of that PC a few years ago when it died.
The part numbers on the ISA card are…
- Part Number : 900-255-018 C3K6P8 Revision G
- FCC ID : C3K6P8 INPORT
- Copyright 1986 Microsoft Corporation
What do you think was the best mouse ever made? Let us know in the comments below!
I had one of those on my ICL 286. Microsoft have always made decent mice, much better than mice made by other people around the same time… like Atari and Commodore.
I used to love using the Genius Mouse on the ZX Spectrum… Unfortunately I think it was only supported by OCP Art Studio. That didn’t stop me writing my own programs though 🙂
OCP Art Studio on the speccy was great. I also had The Artist 2 and spent hours drawing horrible quality pictures 🙂 I also liked KidPix on the Mac.