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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Why does NeXT have such a lousy keyboard?
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Date: 24 Jan 90 03:42:38 GMT
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In article <18768@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ari@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
	(Ari Halberstadt) writes:
>The NeXT is pretty cool (as you all know). It has its problems though.
>One of the most serious problems is its truly awful keyboard.

You "obviously" have never used a Sun Type 4 keyboard (of the
variety currently shipping with SPARCstation 1s).  That alone
will win NeXT many sales...

>My ideal keyboard is the one supplied with the console of the
>IBM-RT.

Are you sure you wouldn't prefer an 026 keypunch?

					-=EPS=-
(If anyone \does/ want to build the next great keyboard, Stanford
must have a few SAIL consoles left...)