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Title: IBM UltraNav Travel Keyboard 89P8500 (10+ avail) NIB
Post by: msiegel on Sat, 23 January 2010, 19:14:02

$50 BIN, OBO
free shipping in U.S.

auction page (http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-US-English-PS-2-UltraNav-Travel-Keyboard-89P8500_W0QQitemZ370322459783QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item5638f04c87)

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Title: IBM UltraNav Travel Keyboard 89P8500 (10+ avail) NIB
Post by: elbowglue on Sun, 24 January 2010, 04:14:56

Quote from: msiegel;153305

$50 BIN, OBO
free shipping in U.S.

auction page (http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-US-English-PS-2-UltraNav-Travel-Keyboard-89P8500_W0QQitemZ370322459783QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item5638f04c87)

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Looks sweet.

Except the left FN button sits where the control should sit.  Sorry IBM you blew it.  Not likely you can autohotkey FN to do control either cause it probably dosen't send a keycode.

Title: IBM UltraNav Travel Keyboard 89P8500 (10+ avail) NIB
Post by: kishy on Sun, 24 January 2010, 09:17:49

Quote from: elbowglue;153377

Looks sweet.

Except the left FN button sits where the control should sit.  Sorry IBM you blew it.  Not likely you can autohotkey FN to do control either cause it probably dosen't send a keycode.

Yeah, that's absolutely dumb. Having a laptop (not an IBM, but that doesn't matter) I can say first hand that Fn+ combinations are rarely used...for me, Fn+F2 disables/enables WiFi and that's the most common thing I use it for. Second most common is Fn+Up or Down which is brightness. No reason why that key needs such a prime spot.

Title: IBM UltraNav Travel Keyboard 89P8500 (10+ avail) NIB
Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 24 January 2010, 09:30:21

Used to have that problem, then I mapped Ctrl to Caps, and all my problems went away.