In the thread about Warmouse's unauthorized and many-buttoned OpenOffice mouse, Don Simpson points to ProHance's illustrious original. 40 buttons! It requires DOS 2.0. [AtariMagazines]
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The editorial copy suggests that the magazine was in need of a copy editor.
"If a three-button mouse seems like a luxury, try the PowerMouse 100. Its standard two buttons are surrounded by 38 small, programmable buttons."
Well, if I considered a three button mouse luxurious because it was expensive, I'd probably balk at the price of this one. If I nevertheless had a three button mouse, and still thought of it as a luxury, I'd see little point in owning a mouse with 27 additional buttons.
I wonder what the driver's memory footprint was.
The [AtariMagazines] tag made me think this had something to do with old Atari computers. This is actually from an old Compute! issue and was for the IBM PC. AtariMagazines.com has a Compute! magazine archive.
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Yours for only $399! Conventional mouse also required, not included.
Old style graphics tablet "pucks" were often supplied with a multitude of buttons. A dozen autocad commands at your fingertips.
We had one in my office about 10 years ago. It was so large we called it a Rat instead of a mouse.