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OBJECT TYPE: optical
DATE: 2000
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2011.0015.003

MANUFACTURER: Apple Computer Inc.
MODEL: Pro Mouse M5769
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 24
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Clear synthetic casing encloses oval black moulded synthetic pad; raised white synthetic border on reverse; opaque synthetic covering on metal cord and plug-in connector.

Dimensions

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Length: 11.0 cm
Width: 6.1 cm
Height: 3.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital computing devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Apple
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This machine was used 2004-2006.
Canada: Unknown
Function: Handheld computer input device which, when rolled across flat surface, causes cursor to move in corresponding way on display screen.
Technical: Like the "hockey-puck" mouse and all future mice Apple would make, the Apple Pro Mouse was a USB mouse with a much shorter cord than its ADB predecessors, its 2-foot cord was designed to plug neatly into one of the two ports of the Apple Pro Keyboard's built-in USB hub. The Apple Pro Mouse also featured a unique mechanism to allow for 3 click force settings for the required pressure to click the mouse. The Apple Pro Mouse was originally released on the iMac G3 "Snow." The original Pro Mouse was available only in black, which matched the black Apple Pro Keyboard. The cord on the original Apple Pro Mouse had a very high failure rate due to flexing and corrosion. It wasn't until later that the mouse was available in white with the debut of the iMac G4, a revision which also solved reliability problems with a more rugged cord and improved stress relief. In May 2003, the mouse and keyboard were both re-designed, though the exterior of the mouse had few noticeable changes: Apple dropped the "Pro" from the name and removed the ability to control the firmness of click in the Apple Mouse. From then on, the Pro Mouse was simply known as "Apple Mouse." [Ref.3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Designed by Apple in California/ [Apple logo]/ Pro Mouse/ [logos/ Tested to comply/ with FCC standards/ E171434 M FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE/ [logos]/ [foreign text] 3892P902/ Assembled in Malaysia Model M5769" printed on underside of mouse.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Clear synthetic casing encloses oval black moulded synthetic pad; raised white synthetic border on reverse; opaque synthetic covering on metal cord and plug-in connector.
Decoration: Apple logo [bitten stylized apple with leaf] appears on casing front and back.

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Apple Computer Inc., Mouse, circa 2000, Artifact no. 2011.0015, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2011.0015.003/

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