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From: bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: A rational keyboard for an XT clone?
Keywords: keyboard; PC/XT; sanity
Message-ID: <6056@borabora.omni.com>
Date: 28 Dec 90 01:06:32 GMT
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Organization: Interphase West, Mountain View, CA
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I'm looking for a keyboard for my XT clone which has
	* a separate numeric keypad
	* separate cursor keys
	* the CONTROL key to the left of the "A" key as God intended
	* the ESCAPE key to the left of the "1" key as God intended

Is there such a thing?

I'm currently using an 84-key keyboard (with ESC and `/~ swapped in
software), but I'd have a much easier time running Quicken if I had a
separate numeric keypad.

So far the closest I've found to my ideal is a Keytronic [?] 101-key
model for $85.  It lets you swap the CAPS LOCK and CONTROL keys so that
at least CONTROL ends up in the right place.  ESC is close to being in
the right place, but it's a little to far to hit without looking.
(Anyway, $85 seems a little steep for a keyboard.  I was hoping to find
something more in the $40 range.)

Mild flame on:
	Why on earth to all the 101-key keyboards have CAPS LOCK
	where CONTROL is supposed to be?  I use CONTROL 1,000 times
	a day and CAPS LOCK never.  Do other people use CAPS LOCK
	so much that it deserves a place on the keyboard's home row?
Mild flame off.


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Bob Weissman
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