It had no mouse or hard drive, 512K of main memory and two floppy drives.

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But Stimac was more excited by what had been left out of the server: There were no connections for a keyboard, mouse or CD-ROM drive.

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The center console area includes the palm shifter (inspired by a PC mouse) for the "by wire" drive selector.

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The input values might be derived from real-world measurements, such as keystrokes, mouse movements, or the contents of your hard drive.

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With the new Air Mouse app, the user's natural hand movements can drive more powerful presentation delivery, more interactive classroom lectures, and more immersive motion gaming.

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With a single mouse click, you can arrange to record a program to the hard drive.

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