4 ms·
Huh, I'd never seen those and that's pretty much exactly what I want. I figured my idea was too obvious to be original, but wondered if someone had created a f
by elihu 4y ago
Huh, I'd never seen those and that's pretty much exactly what I want. I figured my idea was too obvious to be original, but wondered if someone had created a failed product based on a patented design, thus locking out anyone else from making the same thing. I don't know if IBM ever patented it, but that seems to fit. And since it was released in 1998, the patent (if there is one) is probably just recently expired.
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoTBH reaching back into the foggy recesses of my raving-addled-brain-from-the-90s, I never saw one other than when I worked on contract at IBM (Toronto, Don Mills office) in the fall of 1999. I seem to remember having one at my desk. The original TrackPoint version. And I have a vague recollection of liking it, though I also remember my finger calloused a bit from its use. Like playing guitar.