The wireless module is a lot larger than it really needs to be, and is built on a single sided PCB. Inside the mice use very similar designs as well- however the later optical wireless mouse doesn't have as an (elaborately) cut out top receiving wireless PCB. The IBM Optical Wireless Mouse is externally the same as the IBM Enhanced Wireless Mouse. Including a Personal System/2 Model 95 if you like. Like all early wireless peripherals, the receiving unit is quite large and does not comprise of a tiny USB stick.īecause the wireless module can be adapted to PS/2, you can run this on any old computer that has a PS/2 port. This was IBM's first wireless mouse (based loosely on MO28BO and perhaps the first mouse to be released in 'slate blue', although the early slate blue ScrollPoints could have been released during the same time as well). The ScrollPoints excluded as they need another PCB to angle the ScrollPoint mechanism. I'm not sure why this more (expensive) route was taken as the later IBM mice do in fact use a single PCB. Inside the mouse features two separate PCBs at *very slightly* different height levels- which could essentially be solved by a single board. The lower dark plastic is a very dark plum purple colour. I haven't used a mouse that was more tactile than this one. The burgundy mouse has a very vibrant colour, and the buttons are unusually extremely tactile (far more tactile than the red-wheeled mice). (I didn't notice it either until I decided to read every word on the box carefully). So IBM was thinking about it and left that unintentionally on the box art however it appears no one noticed this, not even IBM themselves. One thing to note how it states: "rubberized sides provide comfort and control", none of these mice actually were released with rubberized coating! The ScrollPoints were, but not the wheel mice. Here is the scanned box art from the burgundy release of the mouse (click it for a larger picture). The burgundy variants are probably the most unusual colour an IBM product has ever been released in, certainly very colourful. These mice came in either a gunshot metal grey or burgundy. The very first iteration of IBM's standard ambidextrous optical wheel mouse paired with the NetVista series of computers. A far less interesting mouse than the ScrollPoint, however laden with quite a handful of variations and possible mods.
The ubiquitous IBM red wheel mouse has been the standard issue mouse since the ThinkCentre line started (previously the NetVistas had the same mouse, but with glitter injected plastic and black rubber wheels).
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