From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!jss Newsgroups: net.micro Title: Re: Jerry Pournelle"s Disappointment Article-I.D.: rabbit.713 Posted: Thu Aug 19 14:45:52 1982 Received: Fri Aug 20 03:27:00 1982 References: utzoo.2375 Yes Yes Yes, But for one problem, H. Spencer's comment makes great sense. The problem: The "Standard ASCII Keyboard" does not exist. In theory there is one, but in fact there are so many differences that there might as well not be. Personally, I use everything from a textronix 4014 to an adm3a (yuch) during the course of a typical day, and I have had no trouble with the layouts whatsoever. As far as his comment that the machines should be his servant, the keyboard is an interface, and like it or not, an interface is conceptually a TWO WAY adaption.