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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Date: 18 Jan 1996 17:01:22 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Message-ID: <4dlud2$hp3@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : >True, but it is fairly easy to create keymaps on the amiga and pick something
- : >comfortable.
-
- : Then why are you wishing for a PC keyboard?
-
- Selection, low prices, ease of replacement, cheaper amiga costs potentially.
- If my amiga keyboard breaks I would like to be able to pick up a PC keyboard
- and use that while I am waiting for a replacement. I would like to try
- an ergodynamically designed keyboard with the amiga, one that reduces wrist
- strain.
-
- : >I was talking about the low end mainly, the a1200 keyboard leaves something to
- : >be desired.
-
- : Design flaw which you have to get used to. Hopesully the A1200+ will
- : have a better design.
-
- How many design flaws are you willing to get used to? Anyway, all that would
- be required is for AT to change the means used for talking between the
- keyboard and the computer, they could still provide their own. This would
- involve using a standard keyboard decoding chip instead of an intelligent
- keyboard that is hard to replace.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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