IRISH@cc.utah.edu (08/17/90)
Well my keyboard on my 80286 based clone is finally starting to bite the dust. I would like to replace it with a keyboard with a built in trackball. I have seen keyboards like this advertised, but would like to get peoples impressions before I purchase one. Please send your impressions to me at dirish@math.utah.edu and I will summorize and report back. Thanks Dudley Irish
ill@uni-paderborn.de (Markus Illenseer) (08/29/90)
IRISH@cc.utah.edu writes: >Well my keyboard on my 80286 based clone is finally starting to bite the dust. >I would like to replace it with a keyboard with a built in trackball. I have >seen keyboards like this advertised, but would like to get peoples impressions >before I purchase one. Please send your impressions to me at >dirish@math.utah.edu and I will summorize and report back. >Thanks >Dudley Irish I saw a keyboard from Fujitsu with a build-in Trackball. Problem: The keyboard had the same size as normal keyboards... So the keys are not on there right place... And the Trackball was not very good.... any mouse is better.. CU, Markus ******************************************************************************** Markus Illenseer I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that. Bergstr. 4 /| /| | Odyssee 2001, Clarke 4790 Paderborn / | / | | United Germay / |/ | | Email: ill@uni-paderborn.de ********************************************************************************
sp@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Pershing) (08/30/90)
ill@uni-paderborn.de (Markus Illenseer) writes: > IRISH@cc.utah.edu writes: > > >Well my keyboard on my 80286 based clone is finally starting to bite the dus > >I would like to replace it with a keyboard with a built in trackball. I hav > >seen keyboards like this advertised, but would like to get peoples impressio > >before I purchase one. Please send your impressions to me at > >dirish@math.utah.edu and I will summorize and report back. I have been using a KeyTronics KB5153 for some years and am quite happy with it. While it does not have a built in trackball, it does have a electonic touch pad surface measuring about 90mm x 90mm. The pad can be configured to emulate: a Microsoft Bus mouse; an X-Y tablet; a direct cursor positioning pad (simulates up, down, left & right arrow presses); and several soft key matrices, ranging from 4x4 to 6x6 (this can give you up to 36 new Function keys!). There are overlays for the soft keys which you can put on top of the pad, after you have written in the designations. Software allows almost any string you want to be assigned to each "key" in the matrix. I have seen these offered in the big mail-order ads in PC Magazine as low as US$140.00 ... a great deal, considering that they are trouble-free and use a capacitive, rather than a metallic-contact type keyboard. And yes, they work with both XT and AT systems. (I am not in any way affiliated with KeyTronics Corp.) * --------------------------------------------------------------------------* | The QUESTOR PROJECT - Free Access: Usenet Mail; Sci, Med, AIDSnews & more | * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Internet: sp@questor.wimsey.bc.ca | POST: 1027 Davie Street, Box 486 Phones: Voice/FAX: +1 604 682-6659 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Data/BBS: +1 604 681-0670 | Canada V6E 4L2 | * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *