Re: Keyboards (Was: W2K key switching limitation -- call forhelp)

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From: rj (rj_at_shell.cais.net)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 11:56:21 EDT


On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Randal Whittle wrote:

> Then what Ronald is complaining about is that IBM didn't continue
> the *flawed* keyboard in the original PC/XT design, because that Ctrl key
> had no business supplanting the position where the Caps Lock key had

I have no intention to start a religious OS war but the placement of the
Ctrl key is only flawed to users limited to MS Windows/DOS OS's. For other
OS's, viz., Unix and the various varients the Ctrl key is best placed in
the position that the cap lock key now typically resides.
Regards,rj


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