Then in 1994 the company put the first-ever trackpad in its PowerBook 500, and 31 years later it’s still a mandatory laptop component. But the TrackPoint, though not as mainstream, has been around ...

This is the story of one person’s desire to have the venerable trackpoint in their new keyboard. [Klapse] loves a Lenovo old-style non-chicklet keyboard, so, despite the cost, five were ordered.

If you’ve got an Atreus that could use a few upgrades, check out [discordia]’s step-by-step instructions for adding a trackpoint and one-wire RGB LEDs. If you have an old enough ThinkPad on ...