recycled wrote:With windows 8, does it serve any purpose at all now or will we start to see them being removed again from newer keyboards?
Shame really, as the key's that appear to have been copied, 'open apple' and 'closed apple', are useful modifiers on any other vintage keyboard.
I don't think I've ever used the 'windows' keys.
Windows 8 is targetted towards touch, but I think the windows key returns you to the "home screen" or whatever they call it now.
On Windows I use the Windows key all the time, because it's faster to access programs by pressing "Start" and typing the name than navigating with the mouse. E.g. for notepad Start+NO+enter and it's up. The right click key is weird though, but I'd imagine people who use keys in Word would find it useful for speeding up things like incorrect spelling (no need to grab the mouse).
In other news, I just did a haul from my local 2nd hand store of choice.
- IBM System/6000 external and internal SCSI tape drives (the external case is an IBM product, PS/2 styled)
- 525Mb tapes for the above (IBM tapes with AIX 3.1 updates on them - no use to me but much more interesting than generic)
- 150Mb tape for my IBM 6150 which I've wanted for a long time
- Mice - generic IBM PS/2 and a serial Microsoft kidney without scroll
- random bits / adaptors
- Seagate Barracuda 4Gb hard drive
- 200Mb drive
- 2Gb drive
- PCI SCSI controller + Iomega SCSI zip drive + all driver disks and manuals and two sets of 50 pin cables which I needed
Price: $45
I'm positing here instead of playing with mentioned toys, because my 6150 just killed it's other mains-cap and I'm giving it cool down time. Also I'm tired because it's 30kg+ and I moved it.