[net.micro.pc] PCjr keyboard

WANUGA%MIT-XX@sri-unix.UUCP (11/03/83)

From:  Thomas S. Wanuga <WANUGA@MIT-XX>

Does anyone know why IBM put such a stupid keyboard on the PCjr.  I
have only seen a picture of the keyboard, and have not actually used
it.  Has anyone out there had a chance to try out the keyboard?  Are
those crazy "chicklet" keys necessary for the infrared transmission?
An article in the NY Times seemed to imply that it was a marketing
decision to get people who wanted to do a lot of typing (eg. word
processing) to buy a PC instead.

Tom Wanuga
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