On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Roger Nelson wrote to Ed Vance:

 EV> A relative used a keyboard that had those keys on the side on his 
 EV> DOS 1.25 box.

 EV> I saw that keyboard around 1990 or so.

 RN> I've been running IBM and compatibles since 1985 and haven't seen
 RN> one like that.

he's talking about the original PC keyboard... the 83 key PC/XT and 84 key
Model F (PC/AT) keyboards released in 1981 and 1984 respectively...
everything since has been 101 keys or more... pictures at the link...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_keyboard


then you have monstrosities like these three in a review from theregister...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/top_ten_gaming_keyboard_and_mouse_combo
s/?page=2   http://tinyurl.com/mxm3p5d

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/top_ten_gaming_keyboard_and_mouse_combo
s/?page=3   http://tinyurl.com/lgrrsnc

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/top_ten_gaming_keyboard_and_mouse_combo
s/?page=6   http://tinyurl.com/kneuc6h



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