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Subject: id AA28321; Thu, 23 Feb 84 05:32:59 pst
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Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 08:33:07 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 23 08:33:07 1984
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Date: Thursday, 23 Feb 1984 05:28:08-PST
From: dosadi::binder  (Wanted:  A good five-cent nickel)
To: net.micro, micronet
Subject: Re: Rainbow disenchantment, ala Sherouse

<<< FLAME ON >>>

George Sherouse will most certainly be thrilled to know that, yes, the
VT2xx terminals use the same general keyboard layout as his hated Rainbow.
Tough rocks!  I have a VT220, right here and now, and it took me all of
about three days to come to the point at which I have trouble working on a
VT1xx keyboard.  Perhaps Mr Sherouse is less adaptable?  

Sure, the layout is different.  That is not a de facto bad sign.  It does
not follow the lead of the Itty-Bitty Machine company, it is laid out with
the DIN standard in mind.  As for the placement of the  and  and
 keys, the fact that they are all int he same place makes them eminently
usable for editing with EDT, which is the DEC standard screen editor for VMS.
(What!???  Not un*x!?!?!  Horrors!)

The only problem I have with the VT2xx layout is in the placement of the < and
> characters right by the left-side shift.  But I'll manage, George, and you
most assuredly can learn as well.

<<< FLAME OFF >>>

- Dick Binder
decvax!decwrl!rhea!dosadi!binder
DEC Littleton, Mass, 32-bit Engineering