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From: dittman@skbat.csc.ti.com (Eric Dittman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: keyboard, mouse, hockey puck
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.204123.430@skbat.csc.ti.com>
Date: 8 Mar 91 02:41:23 GMT
References: <448@tivoli.UUCP> <17852@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991Mar07.193702.14987@decuac.dec.com>
Organization: Texas Instruments Component Test Facility
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In article <1991Mar07.193702.14987@decuac.dec.com>, mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
> 	I have to admit that I personally would prefer a LOT of
> ill-thought-out designs to a single well-thought-out one - it's my
> experience that keyboards are more a matter of taste than ergonomics,
> philosophy, or industrial design. It'd be nice if everyone just made
> their machines to accept taiwan-made IBM PC/AT compatible keyboards -
> there are literally dozens of configurations and a wide range of
> quality - ranging from $30 clones to cadillacs from Northgate. It's
> also trivial to get specialized keycaps, etc, etc. The computer
> industry still has a lot to learn from the IBM clone phenomenon.

Unfortunately, the IBM-PC 101-key keyboards are one key short on the
keypad.  This isn't as bad if you are emulating a newer terminal like
a VT220/320 using TPU, but bad if you are emulating a VT-anything
using EDT.

-- 
Eric Dittman
Texas Instruments - Component Test Facility
dittman@skitzo.csc.ti.com
dittman@skbat.csc.ti.com

Disclaimer:  I don't speak for Texas Instruments or the Component Test
             Facility.  I don't even speak for myself.