Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Some complaints (9000/7x0 series) Message-ID: Date: 25 Jun 91 03:50:11 GMT References: <1474@theseas.ntua.gr> <5570668@hpfcdc.HP.COM> Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA. Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: perry@hpfcdc.HP.COM's message of 24 Jun 91 19:13:42 GMT In article <5570668@hpfcdc.HP.COM> perry@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Perry Scott) writes: >> Re: 700 Keyboard >> >> The keyboard was designed by committee. The layout is the contribution >> from the business (HP3000) side of the house. Since so much of Un*x >> involves the CNTL key, its placement next to the caps lock key is quite >> likely the worst possible choice. >> >> The normal workaround here is to pry off the caps lock key with a small >> screwdriver and throw it away. Same with the Print/Enter key. >> Even the lowly Vectra ES/12 -- which I use in my teaching lab thanks to the generosity of HP -- has a better-feeling and better-layed out keyboard. Since it runs on HP-IL it should be made available as a choice with the workstations too. I find it aesthetically unappetizing to have a keyboard with missing caps (I have seen lots of them at HP ;-) ). And one should not be forced to use xmodmap to get a decent Escape key which is essential for a healthy emacs-life. And as for mousepads -- I got mine "free" with magazine subscriptions Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET