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From: mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Ade Barkah)
Subject: Re: UNIX-style keyboards
Message-ID: <1994Dec12.213548.107496@slate.mines.colorado.edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 21:35:48 GMT
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alex wetmore (alex@pc.cc.cmu.edu) wrote:
: > >>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

: > 	Look. Call me an idiot, but what the hell is a 'clock'
: > 	on a keyboard? 

: I think he was referring to the caps-lock key.

Oh, boy, this ranks right up with `I hit the F and the 1 keys,
but nothing happens' (referring to F1 function key), not to
mention the footpad (which was actually the mouse).