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Article #27862Re: Replacement Keys for 1040STf
From: asm
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1987 00:48
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1987 00:48
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In article <235:maden@rzsin.sin.ch> maden@rzsin.sin.ch (David Maden) writes:
>[...]
>One of the disadvantages of living in Switzerland is that certain manufacturers
>such as Atari tend to sell keyboards here with German layout, i.e. Z and Y
>interchanged and special characters all over the place and certainly not in the
>same place as on my VT220 at work. Since I don't like adapting to a new
>keyboard every few hours, I use Simon Poole's keyboard editor on the Atari to
>put the keys where I like them. Full marks to Atari for designing the beast so
>that this is possible. The rub is that Simon's editor can't change the
>inscriptions on the keys so, at present, I have sticky tape all over the
>keyboard with the appropriate symbols hand written on them. The problems with
>that are obvious - the symbols wear out and it doesn't look particularly
>professional.
On my ST at home, I can remove the key-tops, so it should be easy to
remove and exchange the keytops of the 'Y' and 'Z' keys.
anees
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!asm From: asm@utcsri.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Replacement Keys for 1040STf Message-ID: <5183@utcsri.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Aug-87 20:48:44 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsri.5183 Posted: Mon Aug 3 20:48:44 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 5-Aug-87 00:45:45 EDT References: <235:maden@rzsin.sin.ch> Reply-To: asm@utcsri.UUCP (Anees Munshi) Distribution: world Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 31