Boingo_Buzzard
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 2:01 PM
I just noticed something....
In this scene...
The woman in the lower right is clearly using a mouse. Were mice around in 1982? I know the macs had them when they came out in the later 80's, but what about the early 80's? Anyone know?
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Kamui
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 2:08 PM
I'm just trying to remember. I think they did, but they weren't common. I'm just trying to think back to that movie-documentary that I saw last year.... ^^;;
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zook_one
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 3:17 PM
The Alto Computer developed by Xerox and then dumped as the most foolish corporate decision in history was developed from 1972 - 1978 and it used a mouse & GUI
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 3:28 PM
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 3:51 PM
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DaveTRON
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 4:00 PM
I don't know what it's called, but that device appears in some other places related to TRON outside the film.
I've got a closer shot of her hand and the device she's holding is for targeting a point on a drawing on paper to trasfer it to the computer. It was used in the early 3D work I think. I'd have to do a little research.
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Compucore
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 4:12 PM
From what I could tell just by looking at just the picture alone. It seems to look like a kind of mouse or pen like for that stations. Reminds me of the tablet that I have that has a similare mouse with wired crsshairs on it. Could be anything.
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KiaPurity
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 4:58 PM
Yep. I had a tablet for my C64... around mid 80's...
Mice were definitely around in 80's as far as I know. Macs came out in 1985... (or 1984?!)
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TronFAQ
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 5:22 PM
 
It's not exactly a mouse she's holding.
DaveTRON and Compucore recognized it. It's part of a drawing tablet. The "puck" (as it was sometimes called) has a window on it with crosshairs. You line up points on a drawing in the crosshairs, and click a button. This allows you to generate a 3-D wireframe image.
It was used a lot back in those days, including the production of Tron. The guys at MAGI and Triple-I used it. So putting it in the film was kind of a nod to their own work.
You could use it as a mouse, but that would be a waste. 
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Compucore
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 5:29 PM
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on Thursday, July, 27, 2006 5:50 PM
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