Configuring the Keyboard ?
Lance F. Squire
lance-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Fri Dec 10 15:53:48 UTC 2004
Francois Ouellette wrote:
>
> Conclusion: if it ain't broken, don't try to fix it!
Ah, but it is broken.
Personal pet peeve: The Num Lock key
This key exists because the original IBM PC (Pre TX/AT) had no arrow
keys and cluster of 6 above them. So there function was overlyed on the
numeric pad.
The XT/AT keyboards kept this key for backward campatability to original
PC software (And users, I'm sure)
However, Today it serves no purpose that I know of, except to have the
number pad in the WRONG mode everytime I try to use it. (Type...&^%
wrong mode [Num Lock] Type)
My Ideal keyboard would have the IBM AT/(PS/2) layout (No Windows Keys),
Minus the Num Lock (No un-num-lock function), Print Screen/SysRq, Scroll
Lock and Pause/Break keys.
Of course, if there are people who use those last three keys regularily,
I'd like to know what for? I haven't touched them in years!
Lance F. Squire
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