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Tell me about the HP 67
12-04-2019, 12:58 AM
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RE: Tell me about the HP 67
Indirectly I've been reminded of the reasons for placing the labels below the keys:
  • In the beginning there were just consistency reasons - if you put one shifted function on one side of a key then put all of them at the same side. And the slanted fronts of the keys were exactly this: slanted fronts. So the h-shifted labels determined the location of the f- and g-shifted ones.
  • Then there were space reasons - if you put labels below and above a key then they will interfere with the labels of next row of keys.
  • And eventually there were the four hotkeys which had their default labels printed above them - a similar situation like on the hp67.
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Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 12-10-2017, 05:09 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - hth - 12-10-2017, 07:18 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 12-11-2017, 03:09 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Jim Horn - 12-11-2017, 07:43 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - rprosperi - 12-11-2017, 08:54 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Craig Bladow - 12-11-2017, 09:39 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Don Shepherd - 12-12-2017, 07:56 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Thomas Okken - 12-13-2017, 12:23 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Paul Dale - 12-03-2019, 10:03 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 12-12-2017, 08:35 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Craig Bladow - 12-13-2017, 03:10 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Don Shepherd - 12-13-2017, 03:48 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - larthurl - 12-13-2017, 06:00 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Sukiari - 12-12-2017, 03:15 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 12-12-2017, 05:10 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 12-25-2017, 04:26 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Thomas Okken - 12-25-2017, 04:31 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 12-25-2017, 04:57 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Dieter - 12-25-2017, 08:47 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Craig Bladow - 12-25-2017, 03:36 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - pier4r - 12-25-2017, 10:03 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 11-23-2019, 05:01 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Paul Dale - 11-23-2019, 05:13 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 11-29-2019, 10:53 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Paul Dale - 11-30-2019, 12:13 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - grsbanks - 11-30-2019, 08:54 AM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - DaveBr - 11-30-2019, 02:36 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 12-02-2019, 06:47 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Andres - 12-03-2019, 05:38 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Joe Horn - 12-03-2019, 05:45 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Trond - 12-03-2019, 06:34 PM
RE: Tell me about the HP 67 - Paul Dale - 12-04-2019 12:58 AM



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