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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: In search of a sane keyboard standard
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Date: Tue, 13-May-86 15:02:33 EDT
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Keywords: keyboard, standard, ANSI

> (And while I'm thinking of it: why doesn't somebody make a keyboard without
> explicit function keys, but where CTRL-1 thru CTRL-0 generate an appropriate
> escape sequence?)

Somebody did, for a while.  The Ampex keyboard I use (peculiar in other ways
and no longer in production) has no dedicated function keys, but has a pair
of PROG keys (PROG A and PROG B) flanking the space bar.  By themselves they
do nothing (just as well, considering the location!), but they shift the
numeric keys to function keys -- two sets, A0-A9 and B0-B9.  The sequences
to be sent are fully programmable.  A fairly nice scheme.
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