10-15-14 06:53 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Windows shutdown

 TW> {at}MSGID: 
 EV>Do You remember the Function Keys were on the Left of the Keyboard
 EV>in two vertical rows of five keys each instead of at the top where they
 EV>are located now-a-days.

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

 TW> I rember thse day and I really liked that style keyboard. I
 TW> thought it was much better then the top of the keyboard style.
 TW> Of course when they wnet to 12 Function keys there was no other
 TW> option then the change the location.

Howdy! Tom,

Since I wrote about the original IBM keyboard I wonder if it had 8 keys
or 10 keys on the left side of it.

I guess I'll take a look at Wikipedia sometime to find out which.

... It now costs $25 to read taglines on this BBS...
--- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49
--- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux