[Info-vax] How to Avoid Old Software, Old Bugs?

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In article <qqn3t1$b0p$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>Mark Berryman  <mark at theberrymans.com> wrote:
>>On 11/14/19 2:45 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> > .
>>> Support for any KB is not, as much as I can tell, any part of an OS. 
>>> Yes, some utilities support the LK keyboard.  For what it's worth, I 
>>> much prefer the LK KB.  Now, tell me where to get any new ones.
>>
>>Pick yourself up a full-size Apple aluminum keyboard.  It is almost an 
>>exact match for the LK keyboard (and is as close as you will likely come 
>>today).  It certainly has all of the keys you will need.  For me, the 
>>big benefit is that the keypad layout is an exact match plus having all 
>>of the standard math symbols on the keypad when not in keypad 
>>application mode.
>
>It does not have the PF1 through PF4 keys, which are the primary thing that
>most people complain about when using DEC applications with a non-DEC keyboard.
>
>More importantly from my perspective the Apple key feel is just horrible.
>And the keys are flat and don't center your fingers on them.  I would much
>more recommend one of the Cherry gaming keyboards, which are much faster to
>touch-type on and feel more like the standard keyboards of the days before
>rubber membranes took over the industry.

Apple Keypad

+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|CLEAR|  =  |  /  |  *  |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|  7  |  8  |  9  |  -  |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|  4  |  5  |  6  |  +  |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|  1  |  2  |  3  |     | 
+-----+-----+-----+ENTER|
|     0     |  .  |     |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+

This can be mapped quite nicely for use as an EDT keypad.
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