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From: steve-t@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: observations on the (9000/7x0 series)
Message-ID: <7370423@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 91 19:36:42 GMT
References: <1991Jun21.191139.11313@wlbr.imsd.contel.com>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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/comp.sys.hp/ bruce@tcom.stc.co.uk (Bruce Munro) /
| What I want to know is does the 700 keyboard still have the '/' key right
| up the top of the keyboard, and to add insult to injury you have to shift
| to obtain it. On a Unix workstation this is nothing short of absurd! I'd
| really love to the hear the justification for this bit of design.

You have a UK keyboard, I'll bet.  That one has the '/' key next to the
Backspace key shifted from single-quote.  The keyboard for Holland has it
one key right from there, unshifted.  The keyboards for Germany, Switzerland,
Spain, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark have it at shift-7.  Canadian
keyboards have it at shift-3.  All other American (US, Central & South)
keyboards have it above the right <Extend char> key.  Keyboards for Italy,
France, and Belgium have it one key left from that position shifted from ':'.

This keyboard was designed in '83, when HP-UX was not a big factor in HP's
computer sales.  It had strong input from data entry terminals, for example.
In general, the layout of the typing keys is supposed to follow the most
popular/standard typewriter layout for the given country.

						Regards, Steve taylor

NOT A STATEMENT, OFFICIAL OR OTHERWISE, OF THE HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY.