>>Does anyone know of a keyboard currently available that has the function
keys on the left side rather than along the top above the row of numbers?
>If you find one, please let the rest of us know.
As a professional programmer, I hoard my old Northgate and Avant
Stellar OmniKeys for this reason, and because they are built like
tanks and have the control key Where God Intended for Emacs... I take
my keyboard from job to job like a prima-donna guitar player with a
favorite "axe."
Old PC-AT boards are available cheap here and there and can be used
with new machines with a simple adapter.
An article by Jerry Pournelle of Byte several years ago turned me on
to an Ortek programmable keyboard that is similar to the OmniKey -- I
bought one and it is well made, (has the F-Keys on the top AND side,
like the northgates) but I never "fell in love" with it. And at $200
it was not cheap. I just looked at Ortek's site and it looks like
they don't make it anymore... :-(
That's the last "in production" version I was aware of.
-- Ward / KG6HAF
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