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Article #200Re: good positive action keyboard similar to old Lexmarks??
From: John Navas
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00
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[POSTED TO alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt] krw@ibm.net (Keith R. Williams) wrote: >On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:05:20, Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US (John >Navas) wrote: > >> [POSTED TO alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt] >> "Actarus [VL]" <prince_actarus@videotron.ca> wrote: >> >> >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... >> >> FWIW, mine have never done that. > >You're certainly lucky. Mine does and it's a pain! I carry a >mouse in my suitcase and when I go by car, a keyboard. The stick >is better than any other solutin I've seen for a mobile, but it's >nowhere near perfect. Did you try to get it fixed under warranty? -- 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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f53ba,abc994a9b2b8a5e8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf53ba,public X-Google-Thread: 11196f,abc994a9b2b8a5e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid11196f,public X-Google-Thread: 10a2ed,abc994a9b2b8a5e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a2ed,public X-Google-Thread: 109e38,abc994a9b2b8a5e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public X-Google-Thread: 102579,abc994a9b2b8a5e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid102579,public From: Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US (John Navas) Subject: Re: good positive action keyboard similar to old Lexmarks?? Date: 1999/02/19 Message-ID: <36ce935a.378107828@news.ncal.verio.com> X-Deja-AN: 446109232 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US (John Navas) References: <7671c1$sje$1@ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <36917bfc.65418813@news1.newscene.com> <368ad909.0@news3.ibm.net> <pLMYl5dhX7hK-pn2-9mmIUSTupcdE@localhost> <36d4dd88.3971186@news.ncal.verio.com> <36CC3F46.6565667D@videotron.ca> <36d2562b.771071@news.ncal.verio.com> <pLMYl5dhX7hK-pn2-klPRwldFoek3@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: The Navas Group, Dublin, CA, USA Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,fj.comp.dev.keyboard,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc