How commander's position works.

[FBCrabby]

See rule #6.

HiTech

[guncrasher]

so what key do you push if there is no 10?





and, fyi it's called a numeric keypad a.k.a. numpad...not 10 key pad.

no the og was 10key pad.  as in 10 keys in it, 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.   total of ten numbers.  I learned that in puter class back in highschool.  also one of the first things they asked back in the day is can you use the 10key by sight or touch.  still remember my first interview, in 1985.

semp

[gyrene81]

no the og was 10key pad.  as in 10 keys in it, 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.   total of ten numbers.  I learned that in puter class back in highschool.  also one of the first things they asked back in the day is can you use the 10key by sight or touch.  still remember my first interview, in 1985.

semp

but you still don't have a number 10 key... 

you had computer class in high school, where was that? geez, all i got to play with was typewriters.   

you must be an accounting nerd, i remember accounting nerds calling it the tenkey. the numeric keypad term was used in tech manuals and numpad was/is used by geeks. the apple2 i had to use in the corps didn't have a separate numpad, typing class actually paid off.

[hitech]

The origin of 10 key, it was a description of your ability of using an adding machine. (How are your 10 key skills).

Interesting tid bit, a phone is inverted from a 10 key precisely so that people with good 10 key skills could not type on the phone quickly.

HiTech

[guncrasher]

but you still don't have a number 10 key... 

you had computer class in high school, where was that? geez, all i got to play with was typewriters.   

you must be an accounting nerd, i remember accounting nerds calling it the tenkey. the numeric keypad term was used in tech manuals and numpad was/is used by geeks. the apple2 i had to use in the corps didn't have a separate numpad, typing class actually paid off.

you are being an dork .  why did you use an apple in the corps?  I remember they had computers,  i guess you were the chunky guy always eating an apple while working  .

semp

[gyrene81]

Interesting tid bit, a phone is inverted from a 10 key precisely so that people with good 10 key skills could not type on the phone quickly.

HiTech

that is interesting. wonder why that would have been a goal for the design... 

you are being an dork .  why did you use an apple in the corps?  I remember they had computers,  i guess you were the chunky guy always eating an apple while working  .

semp

of course i'm being a dork      numpad.

when i was in the corps (81-85), the apple2 was the only thing in any offices on base until spring of 85 when the apple 2e finally started arriving and with the exception of some custom programs, they were used as little more than fancy typewriters.

[guncrasher]

that is interesting. wonder why that would have been a goal for the design... 

of course i'm being a dork      numpad.

when i was in the corps (81-85), the apple2 was the only thing in any offices on base until spring of 85 when the apple 2e finally started arriving and with the exception of some custom programs, they were used as little more than fancy typewriters.

that's all they were.  apple's were used for 3 things, snacks, typewriters or to play games.

semp