Need a pc keyboard with Toshiba/IBM style pointer.

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Prefer a mini keyboard (laptop size) with the same little joystick
pointer. Does this exist?

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"John Levy" <jlcom@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Prefer a mini keyboard (laptop size) with the same little joystick
> pointer. Does this exist?

IBM sells standalone keyboards with TrackPoints, but they are not 'mini',
and they aren't cheap either.

JL

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> >> Prefer a mini keyboard (laptop size) with the same little
> > > joystick pointer. Does this exist?

> > IBM sells standalone keyboards with TrackPoints, but they
> > are not 'mini', and they aren't cheap either.

> Actually, IBM does not sell them. IBM sold it's keyboard
> business to Lexmark, Lexmark sold it to another company,
> and the other company sold it to still a 4th company.
>
> But they are available. The current owner is:
> www.pckeyboard.com

I don't think there is a fourth company. www.pckeyboard.com is Unicomp, the
same company that bought the keyboard business from Lexmark in 1996:

http://www.pckeyboard.com/aboutus.html

> and you can find the model with the trakpoint here:
> http://www.pckeyboard.com/ep104.html

The OP was asking about a mini keyboard, not a full size one, so this may be
a better choice:

http://www.pckeyboard.com/surfer.html

Also, IBM does still sell standalone keyboards:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/accessories/keyboards.html

In my other reply I posted a link to the IBM TrackPoint USB Space Saver
Keyboard, but I don't see that model listed in the keyboard page above. It
may not be in production any more. But there are a couple of other models
listed on that page that may fit the OP's needs: the 87-Key Space Saver II
Keyboard and the USB Keyboard with UltraNav.

A note on interfaces: IBM's 87-Key Space Saver II Keyboard and both of the
Unicomp/pckeyboard models have PS/2 interfaces. The USB Keyboard with
UltraNav is, of course, USB.

-Mike