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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Those Damn Keyboards
Message-ID: <240@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 91 23:27:40 GMT
References: <5137@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch
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lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) writes:

>As you may know, NeXT changed its keyboard when we began shipping the
>NeXTstation and the '040-based NeXTcube. As NeXT has grown and
>expanded distribution channels, it's become important that we be able
>to ship our systems to Europe and other parts of the world.  In
>Europe, there are much more stringent ISO standards for keyboard
>layouts.  Our original keyboard did not meet those standards.

	Well, other companies seem capable of tailoring their offerings
to the needs of the market. "One size fits all" has no place in the
computer business. Perhaps people should write to Northgate (which makes
one of the better PC keyboards) and ask them to develop one for the NeXT.

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