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From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
Subject: Re: UNIX-style keyboards
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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 12:48:38 GMT
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jun@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp (Junichi Kurokawa) writes:

>>>>>> "T" == Tony Porczyk <tporczyk@netcom.com> writes:

>    T> Omni Key Ultra) with Fn keys where you want them and with
>    T> changeable Caps-Ctrl keys.

>You can relocate your lctrl to where it should be with a switch on an
>Omnikey.  Now, where in turn does the clock go?  The lower-leftmost
>corner of the layout?
>No.  Your clock is next to your _space bar._  And your Alt is where you
>might have imagined the clock would go.  Down below the Shift.
>This is how Omnikey rearranges the keytops.  If you heavily rely on the
>Alt key like I do, Omnikey may not be your satisfying answer.

True.  I do not use Alt much (if at all), so it doesn't bother me.
Perhaps only for jumping between vconsoles...

t.