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From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
Subject: Re: Xterm Keymaps w/ the PSK
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.211231.25510@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
References: <9103251755.AA29093@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1991 21:12:31 GMT

In article <9103251755.AA29093@hpcvlx.HP.COM> craig@HPCVLX.CV.HP.COM (Craig Durland) writes:
>> We have about 60 nodes with the older keyboard.  They have all the keys
>> the new one has with the exception of the alt keys.  Can these nodes run
>> X11 R4?  Help!
>
>Don't worry, it works.  If you find a problem with it, let me know.  We
>had no idea that that many of those keyboards where out there and did
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>not test it.
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Unbelievable !!! I would guess that 80-90% of the Apollo nodes have the
"older" keyboard (only our DN2500, bought in 1990, has the "new"
keyboard, not even our DN10000 has it). I understand from an HP SE that if
an "old" keyboard "breaks" that the new one (with ALT keys) is used in its
place for hardware maintenance contracts on all node types (broken keyboards
are not repaired any more, just dropped in the dumpster).
Whether the ALT keys actually work on all node types remains to be seen
though - we have not tried this (yet), but we might have a "rash" of
broken keyboards if users get sufficiently upset about the lack of ALT
keys on their keyboards (with uwm, no ALT is a real pain, but with mwm
it doesn't make too much difference in my experience).
-- 
Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry
E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
Tel: (416) 978-7094                  Fax: (416) 978-8775