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Article #748Re: In search of a sane keyboard standard
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Tue, 13 May 1986 19:02
Date: Tue, 13 May 1986 19:02
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> (And while I'm thinking of it: why doesn't somebody make a keyboard without
> explicit function keys, but where CTRL-1 thru CTRL-0 generate an appropriate
> escape sequence?)
Somebody did, for a while. The Ampex keyboard I use (peculiar in other ways
and no longer in production) has no dedicated function keys, but has a pair
of PROG keys (PROG A and PROG B) flanking the space bar. By themselves they
do nothing (just as well, considering the location!), but they shift the
numeric keys to function keys -- two sets, A0-A9 and B0-B9. The sequences
to be sent are fully programmable. A fairly nice scheme.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.info-terms,net.internat Subject: Re: In search of a sane keyboard standard Message-ID: <6690@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-May-86 15:02:33 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.6690 Posted: Tue May 13 15:02:33 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 13-May-86 15:02:33 EDT References: <2071@cbosgd.UUCP>, <787@bentley.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 13 Keywords: keyboard, standard, ANSI