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I have never had any trouble with the shape of the function keys (I
don't try to speed type with them!  :-) ) I really like the style of the
Function keys, and I feel that they are wide enough for anyone to easily
hit only ONE.

The only thing the ST keyboard needs is the following (it has a nice
number of keys) 1.  The keyboard needs to be more responsive.  Like the
Mac's keyboards, it is very, VERY springy.  As you push down on the
keys, they offer more and more resistance, and there is no way of
telling when the keys connect.  Luckily Atari put in the keyclick sound
which makes up for this by about 99% (the Mac really suffers by not
having a keyclick, and although you can install some sounds, they are
incompatible with may software).

2.  Although the keyboard has all the keys it needs, it needs two or
three more things.  It needs not only a caps lock, but also a shift
lock, and a number lock, and it needs an indicator (I figure an
indicator box which would have an indicator for all three selections
could go to the right of the F10 button, in a parrallelogram similar to
the one the name Atari is in).

I also really like the mouse (I have used many mouses mostly on Macs but
some on IBMs, and the ST mouse is by far the best (although the new Mac
II mouse is close)) except for the stiffness of the buttons.  Oh well,
we are being nit-picky, aren't we?  :-/


Aric Friesen

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