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Yes, seeing this product's very angular non-3d-printed yet-prototype design brought back memories of the days when the default portable hardware interface didn'
by adolph 9mo ago
Yes, seeing this product's very angular non-3d-printed yet-prototype design brought back memories of the days when the default portable hardware interface didn't always include a pointing device and thus there were these clip-on trackballs, like below.
Maybe some of the weirdest were things that looked like small mice that were linked and position-sensed by a bar linkage to the laptop. I can't find a reference to one tho, so maybe I'm mis-remembering?
http://xahlee.info/kbd/logitech_trackman_portable_trackball.html http://xahlee.info/kbd/logitech_trackman_portable_trackball....
- nosrepa 9mo agoYou are thinking of the HP Omnibook. https://youtu.be/xlXr37mggUE?t=4m50s https://youtu.be/xlXr37mggUE?t=4m50s
- adolph 9mo agoMany thanks! Seeing that mouse-like thing pop out with the "mouse eject button" was very satisfactory. Having not seen that hardware interface today while reviewing Wikipedia entries for pointer devices left me questioning my memory like the Fruit of the Loom cornucopia or "Berenstein Bears".