HugeNerd@lemmy.caM to Display your thrifting finds@lemmy.caEnglish · 20 hours agoIBM SK-8845 laptop keyboard with thingy and touch padimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageIBM SK-8845 laptop keyboard with thingy and touch padHugeNerd@lemmy.caM to Display your thrifting finds@lemmy.caEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
For 5$ I couldn’t resist. It feels plasticky and cheap, just the way I like it, but the pointer thing is pretty good.
minus-squareblarthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·20 hours agoI don’t care what anyone says, the red nub pointer was the best.
minus-squareConcave1142@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·20 hours agoIt was until the red nubbin started to deteriorate and was sticky to the touch. But at least you could take the eraser off the end of a pencil and shape it to work until you found a sacrificial Thinkpad to get a replacement nubbin.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 hours agoI still have a half dozen replacements that came with a laptop.
I don’t care what anyone says, the red nub pointer was the best.
It was until the red nubbin started to deteriorate and was sticky to the touch. But at least you could take the eraser off the end of a pencil and shape it to work until you found a sacrificial Thinkpad to get a replacement nubbin.
I still have a half dozen replacements that came with a laptop.
Behold!
Still is but used to be too
Mitch?