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What's A 'Scroll Lock' And Why Is It On My Keyboard?

Posted by timothy on from the mysteries-of-the-ancients dept.

Jeff Bauer writes "Today's article in The Straight Dope explains all the weird keys that come with standard PC keyboards. Now if someone could just explain what the 'Alt Graph' key does on my Sun keyboard, enlightement would be at hand ..."

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  1. Notebook keyboards can rock! by los+furtive · · Score: 0, Troll

    I love the layout of my Toshiba notebook, part of the keyboard looks like this:
    [Enter ]
    [shift][PgUp ]
    [up ][PgDwn]
    [spacebar][ins][del][alt][left][down][right]

    It makes sooo much sense, all the juicy keys are right in one tight bunch.

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