NEW KEYBOARD!! YUCK! (was Re: NEW KEYBOARD!! HURRAY!)

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From: Bill Vrotney
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 02:00

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> From: danh@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Dan Hartman)
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
> Subject: Re: NEW KEYBOARD!! HURRAY!
> Summary: Layout
> Date: 31 Jul 92 17:16:56 GMT
> Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
> 
> Since I can't Newsgraze, here's the layout of the keyboard in the 
> UI Guide (pulled off from nova, I believe)
> 
> normal, then shifted character
> 
> ESC 1! 2@ 3# 4$ 5% 6^ 7& 8* 9( 0) -_ =+ <-         LOUD POWER BRIGHT
> TAB Q  W  E  R  T  Y  U  I  O  P  [{ ]} \|         SOFT       DIM
> CTR A  S  D  F  G  H  J  K  L  ;: '" RETURN
> SFT Z  X  C  V  B  N  M  ,< .> /? SHIFT		         UP
> CAPS ALT HELP SPACE-BAR HELP ALT '~ (other quote)  LEFT DOWN RIGHT
> 	    COMMAND KEY-BAR

                 ^
                 |
                 --------- Yuck!

It may be the case that most people are used to hitting the space bar
differently from other keys. This keyboard (if NeXT is serious about this)
may be a mistake.

--
Bill Vrotney
Advanced Decision Systems

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