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From: Rowland McDonnell on 26 Jan 2010 13:05 James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> >The "ins" notation probably disappeared somewhere between the 1997 > >>> >> >keyboard I'm looking at and your 2006-ish one. :-) > >>> >> > >>> >> Typical. ;-) > >>> > > >>> > This help/ins thing he's talking about - not on any desktop Mac > >>> keyboard > >>> > I have accessible here, and I'm looking at five different > >>> generations. > >>> > > >>> > The `help' key really doesn't have `ins' on it, not on any of 'em. > >>> > >>> My made-for-Macs Matias Tactile Pro has an 'ins / help' key. > >> > >> My made-for-Macs *BY APPLE* keyboards - don't. > >> > >> Not unless there's an ins/help key in addition to the help key that I > >> see above the arrow keys, which I somehow missed when I looked at each > >> one carefully. > >> > >> It's possible I made that error. > >> > >> Given my crapness earlier over the fn key, I really don't think I've > >> cocked up that way a second time... > > > > I'm pretty sure you're correct - I don't think there's a made-by-Apple > > keyboard with that key. I was just giving an example of a made-for-Apple > > keyboard. > > The Nimitz has one (I'm looking at it now), as did most ADB keyboards of > that era. Eh? What use was a `help' key back in the ADB days? And what on Earth could have the `ins' key have been used for then? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 26 Jan 2010 14:07 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > The Nimitz has one (I'm looking at it now), as did most ADB keyboards of > > that era. > > Eh? > > What use was a `help' key back in the ADB days? And what on Earth could > have the `ins' key have been used for then? My ADB keyboard ('AppleDesign Keyboard' model M2980) has one as well. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Rowland McDonnell on 26 Jan 2010 14:12 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > The Nimitz has one (I'm looking at it now), as did most ADB keyboards of > > > that era. > > > > Eh? > > > > What use was a `help' key back in the ADB days? And what on Earth could > > have the `ins' key have been used for then? > > My ADB keyboard ('AppleDesign Keyboard' model M2980) has one as well. Yeahbut: what for? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 26 Jan 2010 14:31 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > [1] Who did that album cover with the bloke in the bowler and an Apple > > obsuring his face? I was thinking of something similar, with a > > different Apple thingy. > > It wasn't an album cover, it's a famous Magritte painting. ROFL. Well... So much for my memory. Looks like it should have been an album cover. Famous, eh? I suspect more people have heard of Manchester Utd than have heard of Magritte, let along being familiar with his paintings. Worth bearing that kind of thing in mind. Although I for one have been in more art galleries than footie stadiums, that's not normal. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 26 Jan 2010 14:36
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > What use was a `help' key back in the ADB days? And what on Earth could > > > have the `ins' key have been used for then? > > > > My ADB keyboard ('AppleDesign Keyboard' model M2980) has one as well. > > Yeahbut: what for? Pressing? No, but seriously, I have no idea. I've wondered the same thing myself on occasion. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ |