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

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From: Keith R. Williams
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00

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On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 02:02:58, "J. Clarke" <nospam@nospam.nospam> 
wrote:

> I'm kicking myself.  One of the local stores had dozens of the good IBM
> keyboards, not only that, they were _black_ keyboards, for $25 a pop.
> Should have gotten a few.  Next time I went in, they were all gone.

I collect the IBM "Model M" keyboards.  Every time I see a PS/2 
going to hardware-heaven I transplant the keyboard to another 
system.  I even use them on my ThinkPad if I have room for it.

> Incidentally, for something like $175 you can get one of those keyboards
> with IBM's "eraser" pointing device (whatever they call it).

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.  

I prefer the one with the built-in trackball in the upper right 
(I believe they have a lefty model as well).  I use the 
track-point or trackball keyboards on systems where I don't have 
room for a mouse.

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  Keith R. Williams
  krw@ibm.net

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Subject: Re: good positive action keyboard similar to old Lexmarks??
Date: 1999/01/01
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