Soviet gen-one mouse

Soveit Gen-1 mouse for sale on eBay: This eBay seller is parting with a first-generation Soviet mouse,a marvel of bad industrial design, plastic, and brutalism. Perfect! Someone should manufacture these. Link (Thanks, Bill!)

[#1 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 6:58 AM]

Well, the article is about sat-nav gone wrong in Wales .. where is the "Soveit Gen-1 mouse" ?

[#2 posted by shootmyblog , September 1, 2007 6:59 AM]

Cory,

There is a problem with your link...

;-)

regards.

SHO( )OT MY BLOG

[#3 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 7:01 AM]

Wrong link! You posted the one to the story on the "No Sat-Nav signs."

[#4 posted by GrymRpr , September 1, 2007 7:12 AM]

Think this is the right link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Very-rare-First-Russian-Ussr-Mouse-for-Computer-SALE_W0QQitemZ190118831742QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4193QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

[#5 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 7:19 AM]

Oops

http://craphound.com/images/sovietmouseebay1.jpg

[#6 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 7:41 AM]

Or maybe it's this link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/The-First-Russian-MOUSE-for-Computers-Vintage-RARE-KIT_W0QQitemZ120155005062QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[#7 posted by HeatVision , September 1, 2007 7:43 AM]

Or maybe it's this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-First-Russian-MOUSE-for-Computers-Vintage-RARE-KIT_W0QQitemZ120155005062QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[#8 posted by Flying Squid , September 1, 2007 7:53 AM]

Could they have made it look any more like a sex toy?

[#9 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 8:01 AM]

image isn't loading...

[#10 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 8:16 AM]

there is also, in addition to the link problem, a problem with your spelling: Second occurance of SOVIET you spelled SOVEIT

[#11 posted by Dr. Dave , September 1, 2007 8:16 AM]

In Soviet Russia, mouse clicks YOU!

[#12 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 8:41 AM]

tinyurl. live it and love it.

http://tinyurl.com/ypabr4

[#13 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 9:14 AM]

Hmm, actually looks fairly ergonomic compared to some of those early Apple/Commodore/Atari mice. It's amazing how far industrial design has come in twenty-odd years.

[#14 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 9:33 AM]

This is definitely post-soviet device. Price is too high for soviet times. 1992-1995 maybe.

[#15 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 10:06 AM]

I don't see how much more this is a "marvel of bad industrial design, plastic, and brutalism." than the original Apple mouse (of which I have one here) or the original IBM mouse.

[#16 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 10:29 AM]

Heh, even the soviet mice had 2 buttons before Apple.

[#17 posted by Anonymous , September 1, 2007 10:30 AM]

It looks kind of similar to the hockey-puck-like DEC Xterm mice I used in the early '90s.

And as industrial design goes, it's better than Apple's iMac mouse.

[#18 posted by Tyson Williams , September 1, 2007 10:41 AM]

This one ugly mouse for sure!

[#19 posted by kiint , September 1, 2007 11:10 AM]

ironically it's actually from 1998

[#20 posted by Anonymous , September 2, 2007 4:22 PM]

"Someone should manufacture these."

Uh, yeah, because there's no better use for Earth's resources than mass-producing ugly, painful-to-use, obsolete mice from the USSR in the service of a moment's whimsy. Never mind that most of them would never sell and they'd just end up in landfills.

[#21 posted by Burz , September 3, 2007 11:02 AM]

KIINT-

There isn't much irony in Cory's russophobia; more a lack of fact checking.