The Original Keyboard

4 March 2013 by

A tutorial that explains the original IBM keyboard (the keyboard with only 10 function keys on the left side).

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Old Keyboard 001 Title Page Title screen: Notes on The PC Keyboard.
Old Keyboard 002 Function Keys Function keys.
Old Keyboard 003 Alphanumeric Keys Alphanumeric keys.
Old Keyboard 004 Numeric Keypad Numeric keypad.
Old Keyboard 005 Discussion Keyboard overview.
Old Keyboard 006 Buffers Buffers.
Old Keyboard 007 F1 and F3 F1 and F3.
Old Keyboard 008 F2 and F4 F2 and F4.
Old Keyboard 009 F5 F5.
Old Keyboard 010 Caution An important note.
Old Keyboard 011 Function Key Summary A short test.
Old Keyboard 013 A Function Key Test Another little test.
Old Keyboard 014 Numeric Keypad Cursor controls.
Old Keyboard 015 Insert Delete PgUp PgDn Cursor controls (continued).
Old Keyboard 016 PageUp PageDown Example PageUp/PageDown.
Old Keyboard 017 Control Alt Control and Alt.
Old Keyboard 018 Control Key Combinations Keystroke combinations (keychords).
Old Keyboard 019 Shift and CapsLock Shift and capslock.
Old Keyboard 020 ESC Return/td>

Escape and carriage return.
Old Keyboard 021 Tab and Backspace Tab and backspace.
Old Keyboard 022 PrintScreen PrintScreen.
Old Keyboard 023 Enhanced Keyboard Preview Enhanced keyboard.
Old Keyboard 024 Endnotes End notes
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