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Article #20422Re: ThinkPads!
From: Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (60...
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:38
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:38
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In article <93027.212400GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu>, Greg Spath <GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu> writes: >In article <1993Jan27.025155.20661@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, waw5805@ultb.isc.rit.edu >(W.A. Willis) says: >> >>Ok. What does everyone think about the new ThinkPads from IBM? How do >>they compare with the competition? >> >> > >I don't know about the competition, but the 700c is very slick! The >Active Matrix screen looks just as good as a large monitor (Wolfenstein >looks great on it :) ) That little thing they put in the keyboard ( >I think it's called trackpoint?) was a great idea. It takes some getting >used to but offers a very good alternative to a cumbersome mouse. >Just my observations from our school's system evaluation lab. Having the "little thing" in the keyboard makes a lot of sense. I would buy a normal size 101 AT keyboard with this in a minute. All it would take is for the keyboard cable to spawn out a typical serial, mouse, or bus port connection at one end. Anyone know if this exists? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean P. Frigo internet: frigo@src.wisc.edu UW-Madison SRC and Department of Physics bitnet: frigo@wiscpsl 3731 Schneider Drive voice: 608-877-2332 Stoughton WI 53589-3097 fax: 608-877-2001 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!UB.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zazen!psl.wisc.edu!psl.wisc.edu!FRIGO From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX)) Subject: Re: ThinkPads! Message-ID: <1993Jan28.203808.15257@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> Sender: news@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: frigo@psl.wisc.edu Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab References: <1993Jan27.025155.20661@ultb.isc.rit.edu>,<93027.212400GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 20:38:08 GMT Lines: 29