On Wed Oct-15-2014 00:26, Ed Vance (1:2320/105.1) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    EV> I took a look at the control+alt+delete page on Wikepedia and David   
    EV> Bradley at IBM was given credit for changing 'soft reboot' from   
    EV> ctrl+alt+esc to ctrl+alt+delete because he found it too easy to   
    EV> accidently hit those keys on the original IBM PC Keyboard and cause   
    EV> a reboot to happen.   
      
    RN> That makes no sense.   
      
    EV> Do You remember the Function Keys were on the Left of the Keyboard   
    EV> in two vertical rows of five keys each instead of at the top where   
    EV> they are located now-a-days.   
      
   No.  The keyboard I used at that time had the Function heys at the top.   
      
    EV> A relative used a keyboard that had those keys on the side on his   
    EV> DOS 1.25 box.   
      
   I began with DOS 2.1 and switched to the OS/2 December 1992 beta, which was   
   free for all.  I really liked it, but it became obvious that IBM was going to   
   drop it a couple of years later.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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