The computer mouse was a pointing device invented in the 1960s by Douglas Engelbart as a means of avoiding the use of the finger to smear dirt and oil on glass particularly at ATMs and PoS stations.
smj
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If you want a parallel universe experience, try an FM Towns. They are x86 based were introduced in 1989 in Japan and ran through the 1990s. While they do run DOS, they have their own custom windowing system with a focus on MIDI audio/visual production using both a built in FM synth and PCM sampled wave form.
It is also possible to run Windows 3.x and Win95 (as well as Linux) if you want, but "Towns OS" is pretty cool and makes heavy use of read-only optical drive where the user stores on memory cards or floppy disks rather than installing the OS on a hard drive. However, since it has built in SCSI you can attach a hard drive for storing larger data.
A lot of good things are happening at https://forums.nabu.ca where you can find DJ and Leo. There is also a weekly NABU chat on retronet.
NABUs can be purchased at a really good price directly from Pell Mill:
https://www.pellmill.com/