IBM CANPOS Sharktastica posted an IBM CANPOS (Compact Alphanumeric Point Of Sale) keyboard with a pointing stick.
KBD.news Published May 2, 2022
The IBM CANPOS (Compact Alphanumeric Point Of Sale) keyboard, a compacted full-size buckling sleeve "Model M-e" keyboard with a pointing stick was posted by Sharktastica .
Whilst not TrackPoint, it's at least Synaptic TouchStyk (so, same tech as SK-8835, 8840 and 8845 series).
Admiral Shark has some photos of the TouchStyk module here:
This 133-key board was introduced in 2003 .
In addition, in the process of revamping his Model F & Model M buyer's guide, Shark published the first major accomplishment: Model F versus Model M !
This is aimed towards first-time buyers not pros, hence only the bare minimum technical stuff is actually said.
Published on Mon 2nd May 2022. Featured in KBD #76 (source ).
Related SharktasticA reworked his page on differences between and classifications of IBM Model M122s.
Kali aka Sharktastica , expert and enjoyer of vintage IBM keyboards, looks back at some of the
accomplishments and events of the last year .
Shark 's site, stuffed with vintage IBM related content,
turned three .
Why
Bitteneite , even after owning a Model F and finally a Beamspring, still went back to a Model M.
Well,
mrprofessor007 was supposed to buy a house, instead...
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