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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG
  3. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  4. Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPad 700C - comments?
  5. Message-ID: <168A3CD47.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: CARD
  8. References: <1689BF4A.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu> <1992Nov17.235505.28259@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>
  9. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:35:46 GMT
  10. Lines: 25
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  12. In article <1992Nov17.235505.28259@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>                            
  13. stan@hpcvcae.cv.hp.com (Stan Gibbs) writes:                                     
  14.                                                                                 
  15. >MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu writes:                                         
  16. >                                                                               
  17. >: The pointing device is the handiest device I have used on a notebook.        
  18. >Could you please describe how the TrackPoint keys work?  Are they              
  19. >better than a trackball, ala the PowerBook?.                                   
  20. >                                                                               
  21. >The suspense is killing me!!                                                   
  22. >--                                                                             
  23. >                                                                               
  24. >Stan                                                                           
  25. >                                                                               
  26. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------      
  27. >UNIX: stan@hpcvcae.cv.hp.com   DESK: stan_gibbs@hp6400   TELNET: 750-4306      
  28. >                                                                               
  29. There is a red colored "peg"  right above the "B" key.  The buttons are below   
  30. the space bar key.  It may not sound very handy, but I thought it was.  The     
  31. peg is used to move the pointer around on the screen, and was sensitive to      
  32. direction and pressure.  Very good for right and left handed person, and does   
  33. not take up a lot of real estate on the keyboard of the notebook.               
  34.                                                                                 
  35. Mike Long                                                                       
  36. Iowa State University                                                           
  37.