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by projektfu 2138 days ago
‘In Gypsy, the user could select the source text, press the "Copy" function key, select the destination text or insertion point, and press the "Paste" function key.’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_(software)

Before the Mac, all the computers I remember used function keys or their own various commands. Even after, IBM published “Common User Access” using ctrl-insert and shift-insert. Apple, as far as I know, introduced the familiar ZXCV shortcuts.