IBM USB Space Saver Keyboard (KPH0035)

Released in 2001 and discontinued in 2003, the "IBM USB Space Saver Keyboard" fell under a rather generic name and often got conflated with other devices such as the UltraNav and earlier space saving keyboards. It's really a NetVista keyboard disguised as a Space Saver II, as such I tend to refer to at as the "NetVista Space Saver". It went (commonly) under these two part numbers: 22P5150 and 24P0340. Full chart from IBM's old site below:

Marketing part numbers and field replacement unit (FRU) part numbers

United States
Description FRU Part Marketing Part
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard 24P0340 22P5150
 
Canada
Description FRU Part Marketing Part
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard 24P0340 22P5150
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - French Can 24P0346 22P5151
 
Latin America
Description FRU Part Marketing Part
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard 24P0340 22P5150
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - LA Span 24P0350 22P5152
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Braz/Port 24P0359 22P5166
 
Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Description FRU Part Marketing Part
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Danish 24P0343 22P5153
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - French 24P0345 22P5168
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - German 24P0347 22P5155
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Italian 24P0348 22P5156
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Spanish 24P0354 22P5157
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - UK English 24P0357 22P5158
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Dutch 24P0344 22P5154
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Swede/Finn 24P0355 22P5159
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Belgian/UK 24P0341 22P5160
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Russian 24P0353 22P5161
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Polish 24P0351 22P5162
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Portuguese 24P0352 22P5163
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Swiss 24P0356 22P5165
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - US Int 24P0358 22P5167
 
Asia Pacific
Description FRU Part Marketing Part
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - Japan 24P0349 22P5164
TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard - US Int 24P0358 22P5167

It's not the greatest typing experience I've ever had (SK-8815 is better in my opinion), and the TrackPoint buttons are just a little bit too deep and stiff to be pleasant--however it's notable for two of its strangest features. It has a very long cable (so long it needs to be wound up on the included internal wire bind), and the TrackPoint mechanism is so tall that other caps stand out taller than any other device.

With that said, its TrackPoint buttons are rather stiff, and the lower-than-normal arrow keys can be slightly disorienting. They are still nonetheless sought after by some for the form factor and TrackPoint.

 

Downloads

--> Hardware Announcement: TrackPoint USB Space Saver Keyboard

--> IBM USB Space Saver Keyboard KPH0035 Driver (Windows 98, 2000, Me)

   

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