Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!seismo!hao!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.internat Subject: Standard keyboard? Message-ID: <209@opus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 03:24:32 EST Article-I.D.: opus.209 Posted: Tue Nov 5 03:24:32 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 07:09:35 EST References: <1612@hammer.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 14 > I'd like to see a 'standard western keyboard' that had all the > characters for English, German, French, Swedish, etc., plus > Greek for math/engr and for APL, a few of the common math symbols, > and of course copyright and trademark symbols for all the net lawyers. > :-) A few simple graphics characters would be nice. This is > possible on a keyboard of reasonable size... Technical feasability is not the obstacle. Consider the arguments against the qwerty key layout--so why do we still have it? If you wanted a single international keyboard you would have to fight not only tradition but nationalistic prejudices on all sides. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.