Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!bionet!apple!claris!peirce From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Extended keyboard alternatives? Message-ID: <10488@claris.com> Date: 16 Aug 89 16:59:49 GMT References: <1077@adobe.UUCP> <13544@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA Lines: 24 In article <13544@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> captkidd@athena.mit.edu (Ivan Cavero Belaunde) writes: >In article <1077@adobe.UUCP> jackson@adobe.COM (Curtis Jackson) writes: >>I am typing this on my Apple extended keyboard, which I hate. >>I am firmly convinced that the key layout was done after long >>consultations with a Ouija board; the only other possibility is >>that the key layout spec was written by one of those strange >>artsy-fartsy types as a performance art piece. > >Actually, the Extended Keyboard layout was lifted right off IBM's extended >keyboard layout. Funny, at DEC we thought the Apple extended keyboard was a direct rip-off of the DEC LK-201 keyboard (used on VT-220 terminals). We thought it was wonderful that the Mac's VT emulation even included keyboard emulation! :-) Claris Corp. | Michael R. Peirce -------------+-------------------------------------- | 5201 Patrick Henry Drive MS-C4 | Box 58168 | Santa Clara, CA 95051-8168 | (408) 987-7319 | AppleLink: peirce1 | Internet: peirce@claris.com | uucp: {ames,decwrl,apple,sun}!claris!peirce