Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!edm!rroot From: rroot@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: keyboards (was Re: Don't Bash Suns) Message-ID: <3284@edm.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 88 01:52:41 GMT References: <278@itcatl.UUCP> Organization: Unexsys Systems Inc., Edmonton,AB. Lines: 34 #c91a-ra@franny.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (reader.john.kawakami) writes: #> How about a Control key on each side of the keyboard. #The only keyboard I've ever seen like this was on the lowly ADM-5. It had #a control key on either side of the (shortish) space bar. In theory a good It's also available on the COnvergent Tech. (rs 422) pt/gt terminals. It's rather nice, but I agree that it's a bit hard to get used to the concept of TWO control keys. (I use too many other terminals) From article <278@itcatl.UUCP>, by jonathan@itcatl.UUCP (Jonathan Peterson): >> It would be nice it the caps lock was between the "a" and control keys. > Whatdaya want THAT for? I don't even want ot talk about how many times I've > hitZ, or D on my vt-100. What Do I want a Caps lock key for > anyway? Put the caps lock on the back of the terminal or something, just Yay!, BRAVO!! > keep it away from useful keys like . or ! One thing that I dislike about the pt/ct (and most other keyboards) is that the shift-lock is right next to the . Shift-lock is almost useless on a UNIX machine. The one I like best is the old Radio-Shack keyboards where shift-lock was activated by the (somewhat obscure) shift-<0> (that's a zero). Easy enough to activate WHEN YOU WANTED IT, but out of the way for day-to-day activities. -- ------------- Stephen Samuel (userzxcv@ualtamts.bitnet or alberta!edm!steve) (Only in Canada, you say??.... Pity!)