[ltp] IBM to sell its PC business

[Brian D. Ropers-Huilman]

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piranha@suspicious.org said the following on 2004-12-03 13:44:
| i've had this stinkpad for 5 years and i absolutely despise the
| trackball -- i guess diff strokes for diff folks...

I think you're still mis-understanding. We are not talking about a
trackball.

The Trackpoint is your ability to move the mouse by pushing the little
stick, between and below the G and H keys and just above the B key.
Typically it has a red top, but replacement tops come in different
colors. The buttons for the mouse are below the space bar, typically
tipped in red, with the middle button being blue tipped.

Google is your friend:

http://images.google.com/images?q=IBM+trackpoint

~From there I found this picture for you which just shows the trackpoint
itself:

http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/VLAR-443LTU.html?&ca=qapromo&me=W&met=promo

Here is a photo including the buttons:

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/21192089-2-200-DT2.gif

Here is another version, this one without a touchpad:

http://pcweb.pc.mycom.co.jp/news/2001/05/23/11cl.jpg

And here is another, though it is small, showing the trackpoint, its
buttons _and_ a trackpad:

http://www-903.ibm.com/kr/think/pc/i/la_t_d_1.jpg

Hope this helps.
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