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It's how almost most keyboards were until the later IBM PC layout became most common in the early 90s. Home computers from Apple, Atari, Amiga, pretty much all
by cmrdporcupine 3y ago
It's how almost most keyboards were until the later IBM PC layout became most common in the early 90s.
Home computers from Apple, Atari, Amiga, pretty much all Unix workstations, Macs up until the late 80s, the Acorn machines. They all had Control next to A. Ok, except for the VIC-20/C64 which had it next to... Q.
Because caps-locks doesn't need prime real estate. It's barely needed. But control is used constantly, especially on Unix machines.
The escape position, that I'm less rigid about.
- tom_ 3y agoThe Amiga had Caps Lock next to A. I've actually come to like Ctrl where it is on PCs. As it's in the corner, it's nice and easy to hit. I can sit my little finger on whichever one is convenient, then carry on typing much as normal, even using the same hand. Ctrl+Shift is also no problem. Don't know what I'd put in caps lock's place. I don't actually think it's a particularly good location for a meta key. Maybe it'd be good for backspace? I don't really make enough mistakes for the current backspace location to be a problem.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoAh, Amiga was one of those weirdos with both caps locks and ctrl over there. But you could still hit ctrl with a pinky over there, as god intended. I map ctrl to capslocks, but also leave the ctrl where pc104 has it as well.