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Advanced Memory Systems AMX Mouse

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AMX Mouse box

AMX Mouse box 

AMX Mouse manual

AMX Mouse box open showing the manual 

AMX Art Manual

AMX Mouse box open showing AMX Art manual 

AMX Mouse and disc software

AMX Mouse box open showing the mouse and the disc software 

AMX mouse and cassette

 AMX Mouse box open showing the mouse and the software cassette.

AMX Mouse top

 AMX Mouse (top)

AMX Mouse bottom

 AMX Mouse (bottom)

The AMX mouse was a 3 button mouse which plugged into the BBC Micro's User port. the software to drive it was in a sideways ROM. The AMX mouse came with the AMX Art application.

Here is the AMX Mouse Users Guide .

In addition Advanced Memory Systems produced:

AMX Utilities

 AMX Utilities

AMX Utilities add features to the AMX Mouse/Art package.

AMX Desk box

AMX desk box 

AMX Desk made a basic WIMP GUI available with standard tools: diary, alarm, memo pad, calculator, address book, word processor and printer.

AMX Pagemaker

 AMX Pagemaker

AMX pagemaker was an early desktop publishing package. I remember producing a number of club newsletters using it which were quite impressive at the time.

AMX Extra

AMX Extra! 

AMS Extra! added fonts and clip art to AMX Pagemaker.

AMX SuperArt

AMX SuperArt

AMX Super Art is a drawing package using the AMX Mouse.

In addition Advanced Memory Systems produced: