Re: CAPS LOCK DEVICE REQUEST

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From: Ray Butterworth
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1989 17:01

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In article <890822.13033556.019146@SFA.CP6>, Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes:
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>     Sigh.  Try logging on a mainframe that is case sensitive or accidentally
> bump the caps lock key when fat fingering.  For a touch typist who spends
> more time looking at the copy rather than the screen, it can be infuriating
> to see your screen output in the wrong case.

Within a day of first using my ST,
I found the simple solution to this stupidity.
I simply removed the key cap.
I've never accidentally hit it since.
(I've never intentionally used it either.)

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From: rbutterworth@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ray Butterworth)
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Subject: Re: CAPS LOCK DEVICE REQUEST
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Date: 24 Aug 89 17:01:01 GMT
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