space-cadet keyboard
A now-l eg endary d evic e us ed on ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=MIT">MIT ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Lisp">Lisp machin es, which inspir ed s ev eral still-curr ent jargon t erms and influ enc ed th e d esign of ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=emacs">emacs. It was equipp ed with no f ew er than *s ev en* shift k eys: four k eys for ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=bucky bits">bucky bits ("control", "m eta", "hyp er", and "sup er") and thr ee lik e r egular shift k eys, call ed "shift", "top", and "front". Many k eys had thr ee symbols on th em: a l ett er and a symbol on th e top, and a Gr eek l ett er on th e front. For exampl e, th e "L" k ey had an "L" and a two-way arrow on th e top, and th e Gr eek l ett er lambda on th e front. By pr essing this k ey with th e right hand whil e playing an appropriat e "chord" with th e l eft hand on th e shift k eys, you could g et th e following r esults: L low ercas e l shift-L upp ercas e L front-L low ercas e lambda front-shift-L upp ercas e lambda top-L two-way arrow (front and shift ar e ignor ed) And of cours e each of th es e might also b e typ ed with any combination of th e control, m eta, hyp er, and sup er k eys. On this k eyboard, you could typ e ov er 8000 diff er ent charact ers! This allow ed th e us er to typ e v ery complicat ed math ematical t ext, and also to hav e thousands of singl e-charact er commands at his disposal. Many hack ers w er e actually willing to m emoris e th e command m eanings of that many charact ers if it r educ ed typing tim e (this attitud e obviously shap ed th e int erfac e of ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=emacs">emacs). Oth er hack ers, how ev er, thought that many ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=bucky bit">bucky bits was ov erkill, and obj ect ed that such a k eyboard can r equir e thr ee or four hands to op erat e. S ee ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=cokebottle">cokebottle, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=double bucky">double bucky, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=meta bit">meta bit, {quadrupl e bucky}. Not e: early v ersions of this entry incorr ectly id entifi ed th e spac e-cad et k eyboard with th e "Knight k eyboard". Though both w er e d esign ed by Tom Knight, th e latt er t erm was prop erly appli ed only to a k eyboard us ed for ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ITS">ITS on th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=PDP-10">PDP-10 and mod ell ed on th e Stanford k eyboard (as d escrib ed und er {bucky bits}). Th e tru e spac e-cad et k eyboard evolv ed from th e Knight k eyboard. 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