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From: hjelmflt@deneb (Eric Hjelmfelt)
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Subject: Re: More info on the new Macs
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Date: 19 Oct 90 16:29:25 GMT
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In article <10806@goofy.Apple.COM> dowdy@apple.com (Tom Dowdy) writes:
>It is NOT a "membrane" keyboard - what it is is a KEYBOARD based
>on membrane technology.  It has REAL keys, and a feel that I actually like
>better than the standard Apple keyboard.  The membrane makes the keyboard
>cheaper to produce because it doesn't have 100 little switches.

I haven't seen it, but I do know that the old C= 64 had a keyboard
that one could fairly accurately describe in this manner.

Beneath each real key there was a plastic bubble with a wire inside of it
at its apex, when the key was depressed, the wire made contact with another
and closed a circut.

As I recall, they did have a pretty good feel and were suitable to touch 
typists.  Furthermore, they were probably more dependable than switch-based
keyboards.

My question:  Where on the new keyboards is the Control key?

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