Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!seismo!columbia!topaz!trudel
From: trudel@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jonathan D.)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Keyboard Disasters
Message-ID: <3595@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 00:45:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: topaz.3595
Posted: Tue Sep 10 00:45:15 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Sep-85 05:09:49 EDT
References: <660@utastro.UUCP>
Organization: The Thunderdome
Lines: 32

> 
> 1. There are two right-arrow cursor keys and none pointing down; great
>    for going East, but hard to go South.  The same keyboard is shown on
>    page 23 -- one suspects all the pictures are of the self-same, one &
>    only prototype.  I wonder if this indicates the quality control to be
>    expected in the production versions ...

Well, ANY new product is bound to have some flaws in its production, and
I'm glad that it's relatively a minor problem.  Would you rather it be
the disk drive that is fawlty (sic) instead of a key being turned?
> 
> 3. There's a nifty pair of keys marked "A" (for Amiga?) immediately to the
>    left and right of the space bar, INSIDE the pair of Alt keys.  Know what
>    those do?  They RESET THE COMPUTER!  Now, there are only a few programs
>    that ask you to type Alt - anything, but DON'T MISS or you'll lose
>    all your work to date.

Can you say 'Good Answer! Good Answer!'  Well, the reset is actually
accomplished by typing the two Amiga keys, AND the Control key.  Kinda
makes it hard to reset it, eh?  It's quite similar to the Control-Alt-Delete
combo the IBM PC has.  

I've seen and have used the Amiga keyboard to some extent, and I can
say that the overall layout is good.  The actual keyboard feel is
comfortable, but I wish it wasn't so plastic to the touch.  
-- 

					   Jonathan D. Trudel
				   arpa: trudel@blue.rutgers.edu.arpa
	 			uucp:{seismo,allegra,ihnp4}!topaz!trudel
				Bill: He's hip, he's hot, and he's hairy.
						           -Rolling Stone