Post by thread:[OT] Donations for mIGUEL'S keyboard

I propose that a small fund is established to purchase mIGUEL a keybord which has both of the shift keys removed at least I could then read his posts without straining both eyes and brain trying to unscramble this ecentric mix of upper and lower case strings. To this end I propose a donation of one pound (English) to commence the fund. If everone on the list donates a small ammount we can send him a large box of functional keyboards. The early evening musings of a scrambled mind Steve.....

< From: Steve Smith > > I propose that a small fund is established to purchase mIGUEL a keybord which > has both of the shift keys removed at least I could then read his posts > without straining both eyes and brain trying to unscramble this ecentric mix > of upper and lower case strings. > > To this end I propose a donation of one pound (English) to commence the fund. > > If everone on the list donates a small ammount we can send him a large box of > functional keyboards. > Good idea, I'll donate US$5 and at least four semi functioning AT keyboards just to find out why that was happening. ChEeRs, Win Wiencke spam_OUTImageLogicTakeThisOuTibm.net

Steve smith is really "mIgUeL" in disguise. He is now relaxing on an island in the tropics with $400K and a box of keyboards. ....at last a new form of net scam ! < From: Steve Smith > > I propose that a small fund is established to purchase mIGUEL a keybord which > has both of the shift keys removed at least I could then read his posts > without straining both eyes and brain trying to unscramble this ecentric mix > of upper and lower case strings. > > To this end I propose a donation of one pound (English) to commence the fund. > > If everone on the list donates a small ammount we can send him a large box of > functional keyboards. >

> If everone on the list donates a small ammount we can send > [Miguel] a large box of functional keyboards. According to the PC standard, his keyboard _is_ functional. The keyboard has a latching "caps lock" key. And it has a non-latching "up shift" key. When neither is down, letters are entered in lower case. When either is down, letters are in upper case. On a type writer or a real computer, it's a logical OR function. When both are down (shift lock OR up shift OR both), letter keys generate capitols. This is what people expect. On the PC, it's a logical XOR function. When both are down (caps lock AND up shift), pressing a letter key gets you a lower case letter. I have always considered this a bug (not a feature) in the PC keyboard driver. Lee Jones