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Re:How the World’s First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap... by vanderZwan on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @12:59PM (#8658772)
The Germans also came up with the mouse around the same time as Doug Engelbart's team did, technically beating him to the punch:

http://www.oldmouse.com/mouse/misc/telefunken.shtml

I'm kind of curious what other parts of computer history are overlooked because they happened outside of the anglosphere.

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Re:How the World’s First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap... by DougMerritt on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @10:58PM (#8661052)
Not even close. That same site says that Englebart first constructed a mouse in 1963, 5 years earlier than that demo.

http://www.oldmouse.com/mouse/firstmouse.shtml

Englebart's work wasn't secret; various other people may have constructed their own mice after 1963, and yes, that sort of thing is interesting.

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Re:How the World’s First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap... by vanderZwan on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @01:37AM (#8661341)
Ah, good catch. I didn't click beyond the site I linked - bit misleading in its wording then.
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