It's better than the stupid trackpads that have infested the laptop market, but I prefer the mini trackball.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of roscoe5 Sent: Monday, April 28, 2025 8:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What has IBM ever done for us? (probably more than I know) External Message: Use Caution One of my favorites, which may/not have been mentioned is the TrackPoint. I still use a decades old external keyboard (w PS2 connections) and don’t have a mouse. Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM, Rupert Reynolds <[rreyno...@cix.co.uk](mailto:On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM, Rupert Reynolds <<a href=)> wrote: > In case no-one else mentioned it, IBM seems to be the main force behind the > use of microcode. > > Roops > > On Mon, 28 Apr 2025, 12:40 Ann Kelley, < > 000006eaa6330a6e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >> There are a couple of items which I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere... >> >> I believe IBM invented the underlying technology that became Sony BetaMax >> - Sony opted to keep the format proprietary, thus expensive. The >> competing format went open - everybody made that format - thus machines >> were less expensive, and well... I know...few of us even remember video >> tapes these days, much less BetaMax! >> >> Another one is the handy-dandy barcodes that are now on the packaging of >> just about EVERYTHING you buy, and the technology to scan it. >> >> RFID too, I think... >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
