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From: hah@isum.intel.com (Hans Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 500
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Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 11:05:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 10 11:05:17 1987
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In article <460@pttesac.UUCP> vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) writes:
>In article <2071@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>...
>+I get to say "be glad you didn't get stuck with one of
>+the other alternatives we were considering!"  8-)
>+
>+Some people, notably those with A1000's are less than thrilled with new
>+layout.  Others have been asking how to hook up the new keyboard to the
>+A1000!  It's not the kind of thing you can get everyone to agree about...
>
>How about leaving the f***ing thing (pardon my french) *one*
>way and sticking with it, or:
>
My second suggestion to Bill Kolb, Director of HW Engineering, was to scrap
the current A1000 keyboard for one that was VT100 compatable.  My reasoning
was that to really get into the business world the A1000 would at times
be called on to act as a terminal and the VT100 is one of the most popular
in the business world.  I was shot down in January 1985 but in November as
I was wrapping up I again press Bill for VT100 compatibality for the "next"
generation Amigas.  I am glad that others at Commodore felt the same.

Hans