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Yup, and remember the IBM PC was originally intended as a "business PC". So they modeled the keyboard on previous bushiness machines (typewriters, 3270 termina
by kjs3 7y ago
Yup, and remember the IBM PC was originally intended as a "business PC". So they modeled the keyboard on previous bushiness machines (typewriters, 3270 terminals, etc) so that those bushiness users IBM saw as their primary customers would have a familiar keyboard to work on. Definitely a consideration in a time where keyboard skills were considered important enough there was often a high school class devoted to it.
- zzo38computer 7y agoMy opinion is, the original PC Model F keyboard is good, except it doesn't have lights. I do sometimes use caps lock, when writing many words in all uppercase (used sometimes in computer programming; even in other text it may sometimes be used for titles and so on). (I also use num lock, both on and off. And also scroll lock, too, sometimes. I use all of the keys on the computer, sometimes.)
- kjs3 7y agoThe F is a classic; I did time one one. Not sure how important lights are. Remember that back then there were lot's of things where caps were meaningful. In early Fortran (and as I recall Algol and COBOL) reserved words were all-caps, so it wasn't weird to hit the caps lock and type for a while.