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Title: Fake IBM mouse
Post by: ed_avis on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:06:42
Lenovo made a cute little mouse with a wheel and branded it IBM.  I tried to buy another one on Ebay but it was a fake: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/7500206@N08/sets/72157640484794476/>

Just posting it here for interest.
Title: Re: Fake IBM mouse
Post by: sth on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:10:58
i like the original one :) might be cool to put the guts from a nicer mouse into a shell like one of those. or maybe a Sun mouse :P
Title: Re: Fake IBM mouse
Post by: Elrick on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:13:14
Quote from: ed_avis on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:06:42
Lenovo made a cute little mouse with a wheel and branded it IBM.  I tried to buy another one on Ebay but it was a fake: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/7500206@N08/sets/72157640484794476/>

Just posting it here for interest.

Thanks bud, but it's well known that most input devices are fake on Ebay, the front store for fakes.  Just depends how good quality the fake is, some of them just might be as good as the original (aka., Razer DA's for instance).

WMO's are another range of fakes currently being sold around on Ebay.
Title: Re: Fake IBM mouse
Post by: Elrick on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:17:47
Quote from: sth on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:10:58
i like the original one :) might be cool to put the guts from a nicer mouse into a shell like one of those. or maybe a Sun mouse :p

Is this the one you're referring to;

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Sun-FID-638-USB-3-Buttonl-optical-Mouse-Mice-FREE-Shipping-USED-/251419246510?pt=Mice&hash=item3a89c13fae
Title: Re: Fake IBM mouse
Post by: sth on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:26:26
nah more like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Sun-Microsystems-Compact-1-NE-SUN1-Mouse-/370986378811?pt=Mice&hash=item566082e63b

would take some creative ideas to make the scroll wheel look good
Title: Re: Fake IBM mouse
Post by: Elrick on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:28:43
Quote from: sth on Tue, 04 February 2014, 05:26:26
nah more like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Sun-Microsystems-Compact-1-NE-SUN1-Mouse-/370986378811?pt=Mice&hash=item566082e63b (http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Sun-Microsystems-Compact-1-NE-SUN1-Mouse-/370986378811?pt=Mice&hash=item566082e63b)

would take some creative ideas to make the scroll wheel look good

Nice Taiwanese made device.  Yep the scroll would be the most difficult to install without making it look dodgey in the extreme.