Re: new Sun type-4 keyboards

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From: James J Dempsey
Date: Fri, 19 May 1989 19:52

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Stephen Gildea writes:
>> The keyboard that Sun started shipping with the 386i and now ships with
>> all machines, the type-4 keyboard, is a step backwards for an engineering
>> workstation. 

I couldn't agree more.  I think the older keyboard had a much better
layout. I too wish that Sun would offer a choice of keyboards.

Does anyone know if you can actually plug an old-style keyboard into a new
machine (like a SPARCstation-1 or 3/80)?

		--Jim Dempsey--
		BBN Communications
		jjd@bbn.com (ARPA Internet)
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Subject: Re: new Sun type-4 keyboards
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