On Thu Oct-16-2014 23:18, Ed Vance (1:2320/105.1) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    EV> 10-15-14 12:41 Roger Nelson wrote to Ed Vance about Windows   
    EV> shutdown    
      
   [...]   
      
    RN> That makes no sense.   
      
    EV> I understand nonsense, I have more of that than regular sense. When   
    EV> it comes to being Sane, I'm with the "IN" Crowd.   
      
   (-:   
      
    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.   
      
    RN> No.  The keyboard I used at that time had the Function heys at   
    RN> the top.   
      
    EV> Same here, the first IBM Compatiable Personal Computer I got to lay   
    EV> my hands on at work had the Function Keys at the top also.   
      
    EV> A relative used a keyboard that had those keys on the side on his   
    EV> DOS 1.25 box.   
      
    EV> I saw that keyboard around 1990 or so.   
      
   I've been running IBM and compatibles since 1985 and haven't seen one like   
   that.  Of course, I haven't seen everything, except for the Chinese   
   manufacturer who mounted their MFM hard drive right next to the power supply.    
   When I asked them about it, I was told I could move it, so the result was NO   
   SALE!   
      
    RN> I began with DOS 2.1 and switched to the OS/2 December 1992   
    RN> beta, which was free for all.  I really liked it, but it became   
    RN> obvious that IBM was going to drop it a couple of years later.   
      
    EV> It was DOS 2.11 for my first experience, and I really liked it! The   
    EV> XT had a 10MB HDD.   
      
   I bet that cost a lot back then.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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