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From: rogerb@tekcrl.UUCP (Roger Bates)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Keyboard Layout
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Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 19:05:38 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 22 19:05:38 1986
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I am guilty too!! Of not speeking up that is.  When the Mac+ was first
introduced, I was all prepaired with my band saw to cut the damned key
pad off!  (Seriously, I have done just that in the past.)  But then I
discovered that Apple had destroyed the rest of the keyboard as well.

My solution:  When I bought the Mac+, I sold by 512K with the new
keyboard and kept my old one.

To be more constructive - The SCSI port has been touted for providing
mix-and-match for computer storage devices.  Why not do the same thing
for keyboards.  Lets pick(define) a keyboard connector/interface standard.
Then we can shop for the keyboard that suits our needs somewhat
independant of the computer of our dreams.  Best of all, when changing
computers (upgrade, or work to home) it would not be necessary to make that
painfull adjustment.

Of coarse this probably will never happen, For all the advantages to the
user, I can not come up with any tangeable advantges to the computer
manufacturer.

Roger Bates.

These are my views, not those of my employer (who didn't appreciate the
way I treated his keyboards).