10 Jun
1998
10 Jun
'98
1:13 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Uncle Roger wrote:
What year did the 1550sx come out? I'll have to
watch for it... 8^)
It's not even classic yet:
GRID INTROS FIRST MS-DOS LAPTOP WITH BUILT-IN POINTER
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1990
AUG 16 (NB)
-- Grid Systems Corporation has introduced the GridCase 1550sx, the first
PC-compatible lapto...
Somebody else (Max?) asked whether this tootsie-roll thing is better than
a mouse. I hate mice, and hate track-balls and other stationary pointers
only slightly less, but I *love* IBM's eraser head. Some people see this
as a religious issue, but it's really logical:
A mouse requires you to remove your hands from the keyboard and switch
your focus to an asinine eye-hand coordination exercise. I want to stay
on the keyboard as much as possible, and my brain is much better at
memorizing weird key sequences than doing real-time eye-hand stuff. But
if I have to move a stupid pointer across the screen, the eraser head
let's me keep most of my fingers on keys where they belong.
-- Doug