[Info-vax] Keypad editing

[Dave Froble]

On 10/17/2020 3:39 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>
> Not criticizing, just curious.
>
> I know the VT52 and VT100 have very different keypads but
> when they were assigning keys why did they not match position
> layouts for the keys that were there?
>
> For example:
> on the VT52 FINDNEXT/FIND is down from the HELP Key
> but on the VT100 it is to the right of the HELP Key.
>
> Other keys are also different.
>
> Anybody have any idea?
>
> bill

For some years DEC keyboard design stressed "ergonomic".  That was 
before cheap PC keyboards.  Perhaps changes were to improve the keyboard.

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