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First post, by AlessandroB

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Can anyone tell me (and show me some pictures) which was the correct mouse for an IBM 5150? Somewhere I read a Microsoft model, but IBM never produced one for its first PC?

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Reply 2 of 2, by hwh

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I don't know if they ever made one, but it wasn't something offered at the time of release. Of course, IBM's take on mice involved the PS/2 port. Apparently Microsoft made the first IBM compatible mouse, with a special controller and connector:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mouse

The same Japanese company also manufactured IBM's mice when they came out in 1987.