Not to take away from Wayne, Et Al., but I think they were bein' intelligent and foresightful, choosing to be consistent with what were, at the time, some IBM-developed standards for layouts and functions of keyboards. Wasn't it called something like CUA/SAA or something like that?
Lemme' add that I am in the possession of 2 heavy duty, little-used, IBM PC/AT keyboards and they still have that "easy-press" little snap of the key. Don't know why, but I always liked those things. Of course, I haven't even attempted to connect 'em to anything, so I don't know if they still work or are compatible with anything. Still, it's my favorite keyboard. I also liked the AST keyboards, ca. 1989, which were also rugged, but a bit quieter than Big Blue's, of which I still have one. My $0.02, Steve in Memphis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Albert Berry Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:41 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - SV: Slightly off topic: New computer And, did you notice, that Wayne's crew laid out the function keys in R:Base to be really easy to use with the [F1] to [F8] down the left side of the keyboard? Note the convenient location of [Prev] and [Next]. [F1] [F2] [F3] [F4] [F5] [F6] [F7] [F8] MikeB wrote: > I was ruined because I used my Northgate KB for about 7 or 8 years until the kb > bios became incompatible. Function Keys all on the left side. Definitely > wouldn't want to receive a swat by one either.. >
