Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!gatech!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!a.cs.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxg.cso.uiuc.edu!dorner From: dorner@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: keyboards (was Re: Idea for new Mac Message-ID: <15200027@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 2 Jul 88 16:16:00 GMT References: <2086@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:pt.cs.cmu.edu:2086:uxg.cso.uiuc.edu:15200027:000:655 Nf-From: uxg.cso.uiuc.edu!dorner Jul 2 11:16:00 1988 >I'd like to know what it is you're rating. How can anybody like >the layout of the original mac keyboard? It hardly has any keys >beyond the standard alpha/numeric set. > > Mike Berger > But for those who wanted it, you could buy a separate numeric keypad. I thought that was a WONDERFUL way to do it. Those of us who don't do lots of number entry don't have give up desk space (and mouse space), and left-handers could have the keypad on the left side, if they wished. More isn't necessarily better. ---- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: seismo!uiucuxc!dorner IfUMust: (217) 333-3339