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Group: gnu.emacs.help · Group Profile
Author: Allan GottliebAllan Gottlieb Date: Aug 26, 2008 05:19
At Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:38:33 -0400 Barry Margolin alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> I wasn't able to find much more, either. Googling for "sail keyboard"
> mostly finds articles about bands whose song titles contain the word
> "sail". Google needs a way for you to tell it the general topic area,
> so when you're looking for computer stuff you don't get rock & roll
> answers.
I tried "sail keyboard mit" and found
http://www.stanford.edu/~learnest/sailaway.htm
This contains "This display system also included an advanced keyboard
that introduced the "Meta" key and other features to facilitate
touch-typing. That keyboard design was picked up promptly by MIT and
Carnegie-Mellon University and later by Apple, whose Command key is a
direct descendent of the Meta key on the SAIL keyboard."
allan
(Barry, sorry for previously sending directly to you)
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