AMX Mouse
{{Infobox computer hardware|image=AMX Mouse (top).jpg|introduced={{Start date and age|1985}}|manuf1=Advanced Memory Systems|type=computer mouse|conn1={{flatlist|*ZX Spectrum
- Amstrad CPC
- BBC Micro}}}}
AMX Mouse was a 1985 computer mouse sold by the British company Advanced Memory Systems.{{Cite web |title=AMX Mouse |url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1000014/Hardware/AMX_Mouse |url-status= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |work=Spectrum Computing}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Frey |first=Franco |date=April 1986 |title=AMX MOUSE |work=Crash |issue=27 |url=https://www.crashonline.org.uk/27/amxmouse.htm}}
Market
The AMX Mouse product was sold for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and BBC Micro computers,{{cite news |date=1984 |title=AMX Mouse, For the BBC Micro |url=https://classic.technology/amx-mouse/ |website=CLASSIC COMPUTER BROCHURES |publisher=Advanced Memory Systems Ltd.}}{{Cite web |last=Whytehead |first=Chris |date=2011 |title=Advanced Memory Systems AMX Mouse |url=http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/8bit_Upgrades/AMX_Mouse.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060355/http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/8bit_Upgrades/AMX_Mouse.html |archivedate=2016-03-04 |accessdate=2018-03-29 |work=Chris's Acorns}} along with the Acorn Electron (through Advanced Computer Products),{{Cite web |title=CPCRULEZ > AMSTRAD CPC > > HARDWARE > SOURIS > AMX MOUSE |url=https://cpcrulez.fr/hardware-souris-amx_mouse.htm?t=VQ== |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=cpcrulez.fr}}{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronUserVolume4/Electron-User-04-03/page/n4/mode/1up | title=Now Electron can have its own mouse | magazine=Electron User | volume=4 | issue=3 | date=December 1986 | access-date=21 January 2021 | page=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{{Cite web |title=Advanced Art Studio |url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007913 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110924/http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007913 |archivedate=2016-03-04 |accessdate=2018-03-29 |work=World of Spectrum}} or Max Desktop.{{Cite web |title=Max Desktop |url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/8406/ZX-Spectrum/Max_Desktop |website=Spectrum Computing}} The game Starglider is also listed as being compatible.{{Cite web | title = Input Devices Supported : AMX Mouse | work = MobyGames | accessdate = 2018-03-29 | url = http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,2154/p,136/ | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122343/http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,2154/p,136/ | archivedate = 2016-03-04 }}
Other software
Other available software from the manufacturer was:
- 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.
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