Msg: 1499 *Conference*
02-05-92 07:12:48
From: RICK LOPES
To : ROBERT BENSON
Subj: F KEYS
When the Mac first came out, Steve Jobs had a phobia about F Keys. He felt it would make the Mac too much like IBM. There were some hidden key board equivilants, but they were mostly hidden and undocumented. Programers began putting in more key board short cuts (Apple's term to avoid IBM sounding "F Keys") to move away from the clumbersome "mouse only" mentality. Finally as the IBM phobia began to fade, an "Extended Keyboard" for use with MS-DOS type programs was introduced. However, the "Standard" none-built-in keyboard is still the supplied lower cost item. Most business people I know however pay the extra $$$ and buy the "Extended" model or IBM style clone keyboard.