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by garciansmith 949 days ago
Keyboards used to be a lot more varied. While some had blockers where the Windows key is now commonly placed,[1] some had blockers in different locations,[2] while others had the lower row tapered on the far sides,[3] or the lower row with no blockers but with different keys.[4]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard#/media/File:I... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard#/media/Fi... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ascom_BEG_100.jpg [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC#/media/File:Schnei...