Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!decwrl!lipman From: lipman@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: id AA28321; Thu, 23 Feb 84 05:32:59 pst Message-ID: <5763@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 08:33:07 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.5763 Posted: Thu Feb 23 08:33:07 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 01:49:26 EST Sender: lipman@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 30 Message-Id: <8402231332.AA28321@decwrl.ARPA> 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 theand 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