1 Sep
1998
1 Sep
'98
3:59 p.m.
On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Doug Spence wrote:
I don't think I'll go to hell for
cannibalizing a C64. Besides, C64s are
cheaper than the useful salvageable parts inside.
22 million C64s. I don't think anyone will shed too many tears.
I'm also not used to using Pico without arrow
keys. Who's idea was it to
use ^B, ^F, ^P, and ^N anyway? Couldn't they have at least arranged the
keys in some sensible manner?
Maybe they developed it on a system with a Dvorak keyboard?
Did Apple think they were doing someone a favour with
this keyboard? :/
If you never used PCs and didn't have to interface with systems that are
PC-based you wouldn't have need to complain. As it is, most online
text-based apps assume a VT-100 style keyobard with CTRL and ALT keys (and
sometimes META too perhaps).
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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