7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
9:02 p.m.
On Aug 7, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Liam Proven wrote:
But what surprises me is that nobody has yet pointed out that the 5150
PC keyboard had only 83 keys. It wasn't until the 5170 AT keyboard
that we got 84 keys!
ok
bear
2008/8/6 Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at
gmail.com>:
It is easy to parse what you said to be referring to "classic PC".
Would an Apple 20" 2GH PowerPC G5 iMac be considered a "classic PC"?
In THIS mob, "classic PC" means 5150.
Even those who avoid the IBM products would be considered "5150" by
those
familiar with police radio codes. Liam Proven wrote:
Oh, come on, Sridhar, don't be so anally retentive or obsessive!
I didn't say "the classic IBM model 5250 PC-XT keyboard" or anything
of the kind. I said PC. "PC" is a generic term, which to hundreds of
millions around the world just means a Personal Computer. In fact the
PC to which the model M I am typing on right now is attached to is,
as
it happens, an Apple 20" 2GH PowerPC G5 iMac.
/The/ classic PC keyboard, IMHO.
The Model M came out *waay* after the PC. The 84-key is the one
for the PC.
I don't think the Model M is even compatible with the PC.