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Re: ThinkPads!

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From: Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (60...
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?


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