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Re: good positive action keyboard similar to old Lexmarks??

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From: Actarus [VL]
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00
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John Navas wrote:
> 
> [POSTED TO alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt]
> krw@ibm.net (Keith R. Williams) wrote:
> 
> >Track-point.  They're OK, but the track-points have a memory.  If
> >you go from one end of the screen to the other the cursor will
> >drift for a while.  The strain-guages aren't perfect.
> 
> FWIW, I haven't seen a problem like that.

Trackpoints on ThinkPads have that 'autoadjust' feature, so it's
possible sometimes the cursor will drift a little...

> 
> --
> Best regards,
> John  mailto:Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
> "A little learning is a dangerous thing." [Alexander Pope, 1688-1744]
> "It is better to sit in silence and appear ignorant,
> than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." [Mark Twain, 1835-1910]


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From: "Actarus [VL]" <prince_actarus@videotron.ca>
Subject: Re: good positive action keyboard similar to old Lexmarks??
Date: 1999/02/18
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