Mike Ruskai wrote to Will Honea on 03-28-1998
MR>  WH> I bitched about that slash for years - then found one that tops 
that. 
MR>  WH> It even beats out the 'WIN' kb for irritation value.  Went to work 
n
MR>  WH> a contract and they sat me in front of a Compaq.  The keyboard has 
all
MR>  WH> the keys in the 'right' place, but they split the space bar in half
MR>  WH> then made the left half a BACKSPACE KEY!  I spent the first 3 days
MR>  WH> erasing half of what I wrote as I left-thumbed the sapce bar, then 
the
MR>  WH> next 2 days figuring out how to re-map that stupid thing!
MR> 
MR> Cripes.  It wouldn't last 3 minutes with me.  I'd pilfer the
MR> nearest  sensible one in a second. 
Took me closer to an hour, actually, since I was in a new location and
didn't know where the stash was - then got me an old PS/2 keyboard.  I
figure that if the shipping costs aren't higher than the purchase price
then the keyboard isn't heavy enough to be worth having.  AT&T and IBM
keyboards are a regular search item at flea markets and junk sales for
me.
Will Honea 
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