One of my favorites, which may/not have been mentioned is the TrackPoint. I still use a decades old external keyboard (w PS2 connections) and don’t have a mouse.
Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM, Rupert Reynolds <[[email protected]](mailto:On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM, Rupert Reynolds <<a href=)> wrote: > In case no-one else mentioned it, IBM seems to be the main force behind the > use of microcode. > > Roops > > On Mon, 28 Apr 2025, 12:40 Ann Kelley, < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> There are a couple of items which I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere... >> >> I believe IBM invented the underlying technology that became Sony BetaMax >> - Sony opted to keep the format proprietary, thus expensive. The >> competing format went open - everybody made that format - thus machines >> were less expensive, and well... I know...few of us even remember video >> tapes these days, much less BetaMax! >> >> Another one is the handy-dandy barcodes that are now on the packaging of >> just about EVERYTHING you buy, and the technology to scan it. >> >> RFID too, I think... >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
