Re: OT...but perhaps of interest

["Dave Althoff, Jr." <dalloff@gcfn.org>]

aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
: switching to IIgs keyboard from PC is interesting,
: arrow keys in strange places, and the escape
: key is ridiculously placed on the IIgs KB.

Huh?

On the IIgs keyboard, the ESC key is right where it belongs up there next 
to the number one.  That where it is on the IIgs, that's where it is on 
the ][e, on the //c, on the ][+, on the ][...that's where it is on my 
Psion, that's where it was on the TRS-80 (even though it had no 
function), and I think that's where Sun put it on their keyboards, and 
where IBM put it on the PC keyboard (the one that had the Control key in 
the right place).

Yeah, the arrow keys are a little weird on the IIgs keyboard, but they're 
the same way on the ][e, and it's a distinct improvement over the ][+ 
which didn't have up and down arrow keys...

(See, the perspective is a little different coming from someone who 
remembers when windows were only for lighting and ventilation...)

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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