From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 13 00:48:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08E6416A4DA for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:48:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB90643D46 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:48:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP (SSL) id RIJ22739; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:48:39 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id C613745055; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:48:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Gary Kline In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:16:34 PDT." <20060813001634.GA11474@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:48:38 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20060813004838.C613745055@ptavv.es.net> Cc: Peter Sandilands , FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List Subject: Re: 3 years and going strong! X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:48:56 -0000 > On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 09:35:22AM +1000, Peter Sandilands wrote: > > Thanks, you guys. I don't have anything against > 866, etc. > I just figured that anything over a GHz *had* to have been > "upgraded" to the std scratch-pad. If not, then wow! Gary, As far as i know, all ThinkPads still use the TrackPoint(tm). IBM invented it and it is quite popular. Seems to be a binary function. You love it or you hate it. I have not met anyone who was in the "don't care" category. My fairly shiny new T43 has one as does a co-worker's new T60. I don't know about the new, low-cost 3000 series, but I believe that all other ThinkPads have a track point as do many Dell and HP systems. Probably other brands, too. Oddly, the scratch-pad must be disabled to enable the middle button. This has never made sense to me, but it seems that is the way it is. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751