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From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri Aug 27 17:09:47 2004

> > Eh? The CoCo 3 has all 4 arrows on it (I'm looking at one). It's also
> > scanned in software (unlike the Apple ][) so can produce lower case if
> > required. The CoCo 2 can't _display_ lower case as standard, but the 3
> > certainly can, and anyway that's not a keyboard issue.
>
> Sorry. My bad. But didn't it still lack something crucial, like a CTRL
> key or something equally obvious? I remember bitching about this a while

The CoCo 1 and 2 lack a CTRL key (it was common to use the down-arrow for
this, though). The CoCo 3 has a CTRL and an ALT key (and, indeed, f1 and
f2 keys, but no more). There's no Caps Lock on any of the CoCos, but that
could be taken as an advantage :-)

> ago and you coming to its defence :)

I will admit to having a soft spot for the CoCo. It was the machine I
used my first real OS on (OS-9, of course), and I learnt a lot from
writing device drivers, etc.

-tony
Received on Fri Aug 27 2004 - 17:09:47 BST