Reply to: Damn keyboards

[AtW]

I use Windows all the time, but I never used those stupid windows specific buttons.

[expat]

Whoever decided to put Windows keys between Alt and Ctrl a Microsoft should beheaded, the twit obviously never played computer games.

I don't play computer games, but I'vo no use for a Windows key. Happily, neither do IBM.

[AtW]

I think modern games now ignore that button, though thankfully I switched to mouse gaming so that ctrl/alt are not in use anymore.

[TheMonkey]

Whoever decided to put Windows keys between Alt and Ctrl a Microsoft should beheaded, the twit obviously never played computer games.

Yeah - I've said oh **** so many times whilst hitting the windows key in the middle of a UT game.

[AtW]

Whoever decided to put Windows keys between Alt and Ctrl a Microsoft should beheaded, the twit obviously never played computer games.

[CaribbeanPirate]

Anyone remember the COMPAQ Erase-Eaze keyboard?



Used to do my head in. Putting SPACE and Anti-SPACE so close together was bound to cause trouble.

[bogeyman]

A keyboard for the truly exceptional.

or the exceptionally blind

BTW I touch type - that's why I have probs with apple keyboards.

Oh! and apple's 'perspex tray' construction is not the best to recover when you spill your coffee, beer etc. all over it

[_V_]

A keyboard for the truly exceptional.

[bogeyman]

Same. I wrote a gambling game in forth on a sun prom once. Man i was bored that week.



I'm using one of them ^^^^^ (Apple Pro keyboard). Best keyboard I ever had bar one of those big sheet steel IBM ones from the 80's.

Yes I use one too - but the " @ ~ # (etc.) key placement annoys me no end.

[TheMonkey]

Same. I wrote a gambling game in forth on a sun prom once. Man i was bored that week.



I'm using one of them ^^^^^ (Apple Pro keyboard). Best keyboard I ever had bar one of those big sheet steel IBM ones from the 80's.

[expat]

Sun boxen still have a Stop and Help key on the left hand side. Pressing Stop-A does exactly that. Stops everything stone dead and drops you to the Prom.

Oh, I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom....

[Erik The VIking]

Request the System's attention. I'm more accustomed to PA1 and PA2.

Not to mention the charming System 34, which had a key marked "Stop" as well as another key marked "Help". Computers since then have veered away from the idea of such user-over-frendliness.

Sun boxen still have a Stop and Help key on the left hand side. Pressing Stop-A does exactly that. Stops everything stone dead and drops you to the Prom.

[expat]

and for an extra ten points what does (or did) the "SysRq" key do (or did).

Request the System's attention. I'm more accustomed to PA1 and PA2.

Not to mention the charming System 34, which had a key marked "Stop" as well as another key marked "Help". Computers since then have veered away from the idea of such user-over-frendliness.

[Phoenix]

and for an extra ten points what does (or did) the "SysRq" key do (or did).

System Request, software interrupt ?

[AtW]

Bought on ebay exactly the same - the image supplied by Microsoft was showing WRONGly sized ENTER button as confirmed by the seller, idiots - this kind of stuff is very important, its ERGONOMIC keyboard for Chico's Boss's sake!