Re: Fat Fingers on the keyboard

[Dave Shaw <dshaw1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: PaulMmn <PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com>


>>And for all of us who jumped from the S/38 to the AS/400 in that first
>>year and
>>never used the S/36, REMEMBER the "4" ?
>>
>>S/38 "4" was "hold"
>>AS/400 "4" was cancel
>>
>>AND if you recall, in the EARLY release(s) of OS/400 there wasn't that
little
>>"are you SURE you want to do this" screen that pops up now...
>>
>>>From what I remember hearng, this was as a result of the big S/38 to
AS/400
>>converts raising HECK !!! As we all learned of oourse, "4" was cancel on
>>the S/36
>>also...
>>
>>Chuck
>
>
>Well, I remember that "9" always used to be cancel... a good,
>-programmer's- key assignment.
>
>And good 'ol F1 to Exit...  used to be able to find -that- key in the dark!
>Thank heavens I've learned to touch type!  (:
>
>I'm not sure why the keys got re-arranged between the S/38 and the 400...
>was it the PC people having their influence?

I believe that the CUA standards were primarily derived from mainframe and
PC normal practice - the two midrange standards were only referred to in
special cases, and of course Unix standards were completely ignored.

---
Dave Shaw, General Nutrition, Greenville, SC (just down the road from BMW -
Bubba Makes Wheels :)
The opinions expressed may not be my employer's unless I'm sufficiently
persuasive...


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