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From: cswarren@gershwin.berkeley.edu (Warren Gish;269A LSA;x3-9219)
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Subject: Re: Anyone ever exchange the ctrl and caps lock keys?
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Date: 3 May 89 07:01:01 GMT
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In article <491@grand.UUCP> day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) writes:
>I am hoping that it will be easy to take the
>locking mechanism from the Caps Lock key and
>install it on the Ctrl key, and then install
>an init to exchange the mapping for the two
>keys.  Anyone ever done that?  Am I dreaming?
>
>You can exchange them on PC-Xenix and DOS.
>
> --dave yost

Yes, it is easy to swap the keys.  The re-mapping was accomplished
by cutting a couple of copper traces on the keyboard's circuit board
and soldering on a couple of wires.  Very easy if you can keep from
going cross-eyed following the traces.  No messy software to deal with,
either.  And now the pinkie on my left hand rarely has a bad day! :-)

Warren Gish
Consultant for Biology
U C Berkeley