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by ch_123
2524 days ago
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> (Anyone who used a Sun keyboard for a considerable period time is familiar with this layout. I do not know if any other systems predated Sun in this regard.) I believe the ASR33 may be the originator of Ctrl to the left of A: https://www.bytecollector.com/images/asr-33_vcf_02.jpg Other influential terminals such as the DEC VT series, and the ADM-3A also placed Ctrl along the home row (although on many of the DEC keyboards, there were two keys in the modern Caps Lock position - Ctrl to the left, and Caps Lock on the right). Many early home computers had Ctrl in this position, including the Apple II and the original IBM PC. The very first Sun workstation used a keyboard with the same layout as the DEC VT100, it then evolved into the more well known Sun layout, which later inspired the Happy Hacking Keyboard, |
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