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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: New Mac Keyboard (was Re: More
Message-ID: <70400094@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 21 Oct 90 20:47:00 GMT
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> Well, I understand that the roaming control and escape key syndrome is
> back.  The control and caps lock keys, do-see-doed back to their
> reversed positions and the escape ended up somewhere around the space
> bar. And, yes, the backquote/ tilde key is back up in the top left
> corner. (And you thought that you'd be able to switch to ONE
> convention for mapping keys for terminal emulators??? argh!)

Hey, it's just good 'ol Apple opening up new niche markets for INITs
to fix brain-damaged keyboards.  Some enterprising young developer
will have to write a "Keyboard Fix" INIT, sold with stickers to put on
the misaligned keys, to make them do the right thing.  

This way, there are instant incentives for developers to jump in and
write software on the new machines!  As I've said before, it pays for
Apple to release flawed systems (why have pointless products like
Suitcase flourished so well?), with plenty of room for enhancements.