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From: jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: detachable keyboards and the A500
Message-ID: <1192@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 88 21:06:07 GMT
References: <8808060100.AA11069@jade.berkeley.edu> <3550@cadnetix.COM> <2605@sugar.uu.net> <341@laic.UUCP>
Reply-To: jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener)
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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In article <341@laic.UUCP> darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson) writes:
>In article <2605@sugar.uu.net>, karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
>> In article <877@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu>, vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) writes:
>> > There is strong pressure (from employees, unions, legistatures etc) for
>> > requiring detachable keyboards on all pcs/terminals bought henceforth. This
>> > puts the 500 at a strong disadvantage. 
>Umm, just what does this mean?  How can employees/unions place restrictions
>on things like this?  Is a constitutional ammendment in the works?
>Boycotts?

	It means people don't like using non-detachable keyboards and are
complaining to their bosses so much so that when it comes time to buy new
computers, the bosses will make sure they have detachable keyboards.
Sort of like workers demanding smoke-free environments.  Non-detachable
keyboards are a real pain, just like high-profile keyboards were a pain
(which I have heard are now illegal in Europe, but know only as rumor,
because of wrist strain.)  It's very easy for employees/unions to do this
especially if they can convince their employers it's affecting their
productivity.

	I know a lot of people who do their typing on MS-DOS machines just
because the screens are easier to read and the keyboards are detachable
and then ship their code over to their a500 to do the compiles.  That's
what I do on a nice UNIX box and prefer it immensely to inputting on
my a500 keyboard.  Besides, the escape-key is in a stupid place.  Alas,
my favorite keyboard was a zenith AT-style keyboard and IBM had to go
and screw it up with the 101-keyboard.  Ever see where they put the
CTRL-key on that pig?  Their human-factors group must have 6 inch long
fingers on one hand and 2 inches on the other.

--j
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