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A Sinclair ZX Spectrum+, from the mid-80s. It is a black, rectangular computer with a QWERTY keyboard layout. All of the keys have additional BASIC commands, and there are keys such as SYMBOL SHIFT and EXTEND MODE which don't exist on modern keyboards, that make it clear this was a keyboard designed with programming in mind. It is beautiful. The CAPS LOCK key is a small button between shift and z.

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A Sinclair ZX Spectrum+, from the mid-80s. It is a black, rectangular computer with a QWERTY keyboard layout. All of the keys have additional BASIC commands, and there are keys such as SYMBOL SHIFT and EXTEND MODE which don't exist on modern keyboards, that make it clear this was a keyboard designed with programming in mind. It is beautiful. The CAPS LOCK key is a small button between shift and z.
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RolloTreadway (rollotreadway@neurodifferent.me)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Feb-2023 23:07:01 JST RolloTreadway
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@Mrfunkedude I... I never use caps lock.
I can't help it, using caps lock just doesn't come naturally. Maybe because I grew up with this computer, the Spectrum+, which... okay, it does have a caps lock, but it's in a much less convenient location, and it's so much easier just to press one of the big shift keys.
(Also, because the Speccy was a wonderful thing, all the BASIC commands above the keys automatically enter in upper case.)

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