Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]who made the dastardly decision to shanghai the Control-Key from its place next to the "A" down to the useless position near the bottom left and put in its important place the useless caps-lock key? i recall the dec vt220's could be bought with either "right" or "wrong" keyboard configurations. i don't understand how anyone can use emacs or vi with the wrong-way control setup. the escape key should also be just left of the "1" key. in linux, if you are stuck with a bad keyboard, you can xmodmap things correctly. i use keytweak to get the keys in the right places on my thinkpad when i use echs-pee (forced to, by schoolwork). for my desktop, at least one manufacturer makes a correct keyboard, fujitsu of all companies: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/pfuca-store/haphackeylit1.html it's also super-small, 11 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches, which gives me maximial room on my criminally cluttered desk. -rei On Apr11 20:14, Brian Reid wrote: > I can type 120 to 140 words per minute in a proper chair with a good > keyboard. > When I worked at Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1990s I had their > keyboard people hand-make me a custom keyboard to my specifications. I > like > to believe I know something about keyboards. > > IBM keyboards are very good, but the very best keyboards ever made were > made by Facit, in Sweden, for their electric typewriters. In the early > days > of interactive computing, Facit would sell you a typewriter that had been > reconfigured to work like a teletype. There were binary codes drilled in > the keys, and as each swung towards the paper, a photocell noted the > sequence of holes and transmitted the appropriate character. I used to be > able to do 150 words per minute on a Facit. > > These days I use the standard Apple keyboard, which isn't bad. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey