question about ultranav on external keyboards

[greghad]

I'm switching from my old t60p to a T-420, and am going to set up my old docking station, monitor and mouse at my Dad's house (giving back for all he's done for me). I bought a new mini-dock since it looks like my advanced dock won't fit the T420, and was shopping for a keyboard.

I don't see the UltraNav pad on any of the OEM keyboards- just the pointing stick. When did they phase this out, and will the old UltraNav external keyboard work on the T420?

Thanks,
Greg

[jronald]

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid ... DT&cat=KYB

This one seems a bit expensive

Ron

[ThinkRob]

When did they phase this out, and will the old UltraNav external keyboard work on the T420

The touchpad was dropped when the redesigned the external ThinkPad keyboard a year or so ago. The old style external ThinkPad keyboards are available at ClickyKeyboards.com for $50/ea.

And yes, the old one will work just fine (provided you can plug it in -- you'll need a PS2->USB adapter if you're not docked.)

[AMATX]

^ Hmm, has the older PF key layout on the top, too. I recently bought the current model external keyboard, w/no pad. While it works well for me, it's a minor annoyance that the PF key layout is shifted a bit compared to the real layout on actual Thinkpads. I occasionally hit F3 when aiming for F4 and F2 when trying for F3...

[greghad]

Update: My old external keyboard with Ultranav is working seamlessly with the T420 and the Mini-docking station 3. So glad, now if they could just get the HDMI port into the T420 and/or the Mini-dock and have an always on USB port on the mini-dock- all would be wonderful! Thanks for the input, Greg