AMX Mouse
Connects to
Common manufacturersAdvanced Memory Systems
Introduced1985 (1985)
Typecomputer mouse

AMX Mouse was a 1985 computer mouse sold by the British company Advanced Memory Systems.[1] The mouse has 3 buttons. It was sold with a dedicated interface, and usually with some accompanying software such as AMX Art (MacPaint clone), AMX Pagemaker, AMX Palette, AMX Control and Icon Designer.[2]

Box

Market

The AMX Mouse product was sold for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and BBC Micro computers,[3][4] along with the Acorn Electron (through Advanced Computer Products),[5] these being popular home computers at the time. As such, it allowed modern user interfaces to be present in common household machines.

It was compatible with art software such as OCP Advanced Art Studio[6] or Max Desktop.[7] The game Starglider is also listed as being compatible.[8]

Other software

Other available software from the manufacturer was:[4]

  • AMX 3D Zicon which took 3D vector drawings and converted them to AMX Art format. Also allowed sketching in 2D and converting to 3D;
  • AMX Database which was a database with a graphical user interface;
  • AMX XAM which created multiple choice exams with pictures from AMX Art;
  • AMX Paintpot which coloured pictures produced with AMX Art.

References

  1. ↑ "AMX Mouse". Spectrum Computing.
  2. ↑ Frey, Franco (April 1986). "AMX MOUSE". Crash. No. 27.
  3. ↑ "AMX Mouse, For the BBC Micro". CLASSIC COMPUTER BROCHURES. Advanced Memory Systems Ltd. 1984.
  4. 1 2 Whytehead, Chris (2011). "Advanced Memory Systems AMX Mouse". Chris's Acorns. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  5. ↑ "Now Electron can have its own mouse". Electron User. Vol. 4, no. 3. December 1986. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Advanced Art Studio". World of Spectrum. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  7. ↑ "Max Desktop". Spectrum Computing.
  8. ↑ "Input Devices Supported : AMX Mouse". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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