Re: In search of a sane keyboard standard

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From: Jeff Siegal
Date: Tue, 13 May 1986 20:21

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In article <273@valid.UUCP> pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel) writes:
>Also, there is no reason NOT to have a shifted '.' and ',' be something
>different on a terminal keyboard.  The reason for '. .' and ', ,' was that
>you still wanted to be able to type those in "shift lock" mode, but since
>"caps lock" on a terminal only shifts the alphabetic keys, the reason for
>a '. .' and ', ,' go away.  Some people just don't know how to think!

Nope.  On a VT220, the user can select CAPS-LOCK or SHIFT-LOCK in the
setup mode, depending on his/her preference.

Jeff Siegal

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From: jbs@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal)
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Subject: Re: In search of a sane keyboard standard
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Date: Tue, 13-May-86 16:21:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 13 16:21:26 1986
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