[CQ-Contest] Keyboards With the Functions Keys on the Left

[Jim Lowman]

If you find one, please let the rest of us know.  My wife has one that 
she's been hoping will
go for the long run, and it dates back to a Gateway 486-33 computer from 
five or so years
ago.  It still works with her Dell 8200, and actually has the function 
keys both along the top
row of keys and down the left side.

The keyboard that you mentioned is actually the design for the original 
IBM PC/compatible.
When the 286 model and clones arrived, the function keys moved to the 
top row.

73 de Jim - AD6CW


Nat Heatwole wrote:

>Does anyone know of a keyboard currently available that has the function
>keys on the left side rather than along the top above the row of
>numbers? I used a keyboard like this at N3HBX's QTH during this past
>IOTA contest and it was remarkably easier to reach the buttons to play
>recordings than with keyboards that have them on the top. Any ideas?
>
>73!
>Nat, WZ3AR
><nat at ajheatwole.com>
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