I used a couple of track balls, but I find the track pad slightly better. Both better than a mouse, and absolutely hate the eraser pointer in the middle of the keyboard.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > 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 > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
