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From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
Subject: Re: UNIX-style keyboards
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References: <3c01fk$fhb@news.panix.com> <1994Dec5.224620.13596@fsl.noaa.gov> <3c0j5d$okm@bronze.coil.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 14:24:00 GMT
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hware@bronze.coil.com (Henry Ware) writes:

>Also, XT keyboards have the control in the correct place.  They also 
>have the Fn keys at the left, where they should be.  These are very 
>inexpensive (used).

But you can't use them with anything but XT, so no wonder they are
inexpensive :-)

Seriously, keyboard and monitor and the two most import things in the
computer - get a real keyboard, like Northgate's Omni Key (or Omni Key
Ultra) with Fn keys where you want them and with changeable Caps-Ctrl
keys.

t.