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From: cantrell
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1987 15:02
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From: cantrell@cae780.TEK.COM (Keith Cantrell)
Newsgroups: mod.computers.apollo
Subject: Re: Caps Lock
Message-ID: <3415@cae780.TEK.COM>
Date: 4 Feb 87 15:02:12 GMT
References: <8702020403.AA14439@nlm-mcs.arpa.ARPA>
Reply-To: cantrell@cae780.UUCP (Keith Cantrell)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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In article <8702020403.AA14439@nlm-mcs.arpa.ARPA> martin%NLM-MCS.ARPA@tektronix.tek.com (Brian Martin) writes:
>I agree.  The CAPS LOCK key is poorly placed, and I find it especially annoying
>when in an editor such as vi where caps make a distinct difference in what
>function the editor performs.  I also think that the repeat key is a bad
>idea.
>
>Brian K. Martin


I don't what you all are talking about, the CAPS LOCK key is put in the
same place as any typewriter. The only thing that I don't like about
the CAPS LOCK on the DN3000 keyboard is that it doesn't stay down when it is on, and therefore
you can not just reach over to it and feel if it is on or not.

Keith Cantrell


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Subject: Submission for mod-computers-apollo
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Date: Wed, 4-Feb-87 10:02:13 EST
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