Subj : Re: Argh!
To   : Deuce
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Thu Apr 14 2005 09:03 am

  Re: Re: Argh!
  By: Deuce to Angus Mcleod on Wed Apr 13 2005 22:51:00

 >  > They keep harping about the GUI and how much better it is than the wicked
 >  > old command-line, and so forth.  But a standard keyboard was 101 keys
 >  > until Microsoft increased that to 103.  So if the CLI is so bad, why do
 >  > you need *more* keys on the keyboard?
 > 
 > The standard keyboard was 44 keys for far longer than it's been 101 keys.

I suppose it depends on whose "standard" you're talking about, for PC 
class hardware I believe it started out with 83 keys, then they brought 
out the "AT-style" keyboard (with an XT/AT switch on the bottom) that had 
87 keys, and finally settled on the "standard" 101-key keyboard that 
included a numeric keypad *and* a navigation cluster.  The 101-key 
keyboard was common for years, until microsoft introduced the 103-key 
variant with "Windows" keys.  


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