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Article #621456Re: Old word processors
From: hanc...
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:11
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:11
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On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 8:36:43 PM UTC-4, Peter Flass wrote: > > Wordperfect (5.1 anyway) was pretty good provided the keyboard had > > function keys to the left in a block, it was a disaster with function keys > > in a row over the top. > Everything is a disaster with the function keys across the top. In IBM 3270 days, it was common to use the PF (function keys) for various tasks, such as scroll forward/backward. In earlier days, there were also "PA" keys. This differed in that PA keys did not send data, while PF keys did.
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