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- From: chh9@quads.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halling)
- Subject: Re: Powerbook/Duo keyboards
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.202052.27070@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
- References: <Yf=1=Ny00iUxE4X1cf@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:20:52 GMT
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- In article <Yf=1=Ny00iUxE4X1cf@andrew.cmu.edu>
- ra00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert Agustin) writes:
-
- >I'm wondering what the layout of the Powerbook/Duo keyboard is like,
- >i.e. how many command/option/comtrol keys are there, is there an escape
- >key, are there cursor keys, etc...? Anyone who regularly uses an
- >extended keyboard like I do care to post comments on how the keyboard
- >"feels"?
-
- The bottom row of keys is in this order:
-
- ctrl, option, command (twice normal size), esc, space bar, enter,
- left arrow, right arrow, down arrow, up arrow. All other keys are
- in their usual locations.
-
- The caps lock key is to the immediate left of the 'A' key. People who
- come from a control-key world (MS-DOS, CPM, etc.) don't like the locations
- of the caps lock and ctrl keys, but there's no way to interchange them.
-
- The one key on the extended keyboard that I miss is the del (forward delete)
- key. I also sometimes miss the other command key.
-
- The keys are the same size as the keys on the extended keyboard, but they
- are slightly closer together. It takes a few seconds to adjust to the
- key spacing, but it's easier than switching from an extended keyboard to
- a Mac Plus keyboard. Now I can switch among all three types of keyboards
- quickly. The keyboard on a PowerBook has a nice feel that is very similar
- to an extended keyboard, but maybe a little quieter.
-
- The "palm rest" is very comfortable. It takes very little time to get
- used to the track-ball and buttons.
-
- --
- Conrad Halling
- c-halling@uchicago.edu
-
-