Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!trantor.harris-atd.com!charybdis!sonny From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: A rational keyboard for an XT clone? Keywords: keyboard; PC/XT; sanity Message-ID: <5164@trantor.harris-atd.com> Date: 31 Dec 90 21:10:37 GMT References: <6056@borabora.omni.com> <1990Dec28.025742.6570@cs.dal.ca> Sender: news@trantor.harris-atd.com Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) Distribution: na Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris ESS, Melbourne, FL Lines: 32 In article <1990Dec28.025742.6570@cs.dal.ca> morash@ug.cs.dal.ca (Dave Morash) writes: >In article <6056@borabora.omni.com> bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) writes: >>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. > >Hmmmmm....I never thought about it. I do occasionally hit CAPS LOCK by >mistake and then have to spend a couple of seconds figuring out >what is exactly going on. > >Then again I find it easy to hold crtl down with my pinky and hit the >key I want by angling or extending my hand. >-- In case some do not know of them, there are small utilities to fix this problem. One that swaps the Ctrl and the Caps Lock keys is available by anonymous ftp from SIMTEL [26.2.0.74]: PD1: SWAPKY11.ARC That directory also contains a number of other utilities useful in tailoring your keyboard to please yourself. _____________________________________________________________________________ Bob Davis, UofALA alum \\ INTERNET: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP: ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER: K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 \\ VOICE: (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | Melbourne, FL 32902 \\ FAX: (407) 729-2537 | FOR MYSELF. |_________|