[aklug] Re: Fwd: symbolics keyboard image link

On 02/21/2014 07:24 AM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> [140220 17:55]:
> Bah! Humbug! Capslock is too close and the control key is too far
> away. Just like the rest of 'em
>
> It's purty tho'
>
> Happy Hacker Rocks

Some interesting things:
* The distinct META key on the keyboard. This is, it seems, why Emacs
has keychords that include the "Meta" key. (Like M-x somelongcommand.)
Apparently all the early MIT keyboards had one.
* The symbols on the keyboard, from symbolic logic and set theory, are
pretty awesome.
* I am curious about the "Macro" key. Some king of TECO holdover, or
something?
* One thing it doesn't seem to have is a "compose" character, which I've
seen on the Sun keyboard (for composing to characters together, like
diacritical marks). That's one that sounds pretty awesome. I'm surprised
that it hasn't survived onto our modern, common-place keyboards.

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