Why There is 12 Function key on Key board? [modified]
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Do any one know the philosophy of existing 12 function key F1-F12 on key board? why it is not 14 or 10? I searched and found it was 24 at first and Over time it reduced and now is 12. But Not Convinced, yet! Any Story or Reason?? :confused::confused:
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I'm guessing because that's how many the 3270 had: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_key[^]
Best wishes, Hans
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Actually, 13 would fit...
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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Imagine u r right! why 10 why not 9? why then 12 not 14?
Ali Taghvajou wrote:
why 10 why not 9?
10 is a nice round number and one that naturally occurs to designers/technicians because of its association with the decimal base. So they automatically chose it over arbitrary numbers like 9 or 11. Later they tried to squeeze in 2 more and got 12. 14 would have been nice but it would have crowded the keyboard layout. These days it does not matter much.
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Do any one know the philosophy of existing 12 function key F1-F12 on key board? why it is not 14 or 10? I searched and found it was 24 at first and Over time it reduced and now is 12. But Not Convinced, yet! Any Story or Reason?? :confused::confused:
modified on Friday, May 20, 2011 8:50 AM
Design flaw, it should be 42 :)
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I'm guessing because that's how many the 3270 had: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_key[^]
Best wishes, Hans
I've read it completely twice! No exact and scientific reason!
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Arbitrary. My LK201 has F1 through F20, plus PF1 through PF4. :-D
yes, 24 function key.
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Used to be 10 and then they added two more. I've never seen a 24 function keyboard.
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Do any one know the philosophy of existing 12 function key F1-F12 on key board? why it is not 14 or 10? I searched and found it was 24 at first and Over time it reduced and now is 12. But Not Convinced, yet! Any Story or Reason?? :confused::confused:
modified on Friday, May 20, 2011 8:50 AM
Because the function key design chief engineer at IBM had previous experiences in egg-packing companies. :rolleyes:
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Because the function key design chief engineer at IBM had previous experiences in egg-packing companies. :rolleyes:
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Do any one know the philosophy of existing 12 function key F1-F12 on key board? why it is not 14 or 10? I searched and found it was 24 at first and Over time it reduced and now is 12. But Not Convinced, yet! Any Story or Reason?? :confused::confused:
modified on Friday, May 20, 2011 8:50 AM
Ali Taghvajou wrote:
Do any one know the philosophy of existing 12 function key F1-F12 on key board?
why it is not 14 or 10?Because it's 12. It's 12 because enough computer manufacturers used 12 that it became standard. In the old days, different computers had different numbers of function keys. Now, it's pretty standard... ...but System.Windows.Input.Keys still has enum values up to F24.
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Do any one know the philosophy of existing 12 function key F1-F12 on key board? why it is not 14 or 10? I searched and found it was 24 at first and Over time it reduced and now is 12. But Not Convinced, yet! Any Story or Reason?? :confused::confused:
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12 is used to confuse Rednecks since we count with our fingers.
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U joking or it is real?? any doc if real?
Well, he wrote the documentation on old newspapers sheets (i.e. the former 'devices' for egg-packing tasks) and I don't know if it survived... :-\
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Arbitrary. My LK201 has F1 through F20, plus PF1 through PF4. :-D
What do you use the Compose key for now then ?
...and I have extensive experience writing computer code, including OIC, BTW, BRB, IMHO, LMAO, ROFL, TTYL.....
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Do any one know the philosophy of existing 12 function key F1-F12 on key board? why it is not 14 or 10? I searched and found it was 24 at first and Over time it reduced and now is 12. But Not Convinced, yet! Any Story or Reason?? :confused::confused:
modified on Friday, May 20, 2011 8:50 AM
I personally think the keys should start at F0 instead of F1.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I personally think the keys should start at F0 instead of F1.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I doubt that. Picture here[^]. :)
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I doubt that. Picture here[^]. :)
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Oh like this? VT320/VT220[^] and this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LK201[^] ;P
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I've often wished I had access to an Eff Oh key.
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Maybe we should go back to 24 keys, but use letters instead of numbers... FA, FB, FC, FD... And the-key-formerly-known-as-F21 should be a shortcut for Kill Process.
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Do any one know the philosophy of existing 12 function key F1-F12 on key board? why it is not 14 or 10? I searched and found it was 24 at first and Over time it reduced and now is 12. But Not Convinced, yet! Any Story or Reason?? :confused::confused:
modified on Friday, May 20, 2011 8:50 AM
*shrugs* dunno. My first computer was a C64 with 8 function keys though. After that I had an Amiga which had 10 (though it did have separate dedicated keys for "Help" and maybe a few other things). My latest keyboard (which I can't currently use due to driver issues and think I need to reinstall windows to get the damn thing working) has 24 - F1 to F12 and G1 to G12. Though the G keys are programmable macro ones which I've never really found a use for.
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On the keyboard I'm using, there is room over the backspace key for a 13th F key, even with the little gap that separates every fourth key.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
