Re:The day Return became Enter
by Findecanor on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:46AM
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> [Apple] added Control next to Command, ensuring decades of confusion.
When Apple introduced the Macintosh II, buyers had the option to get a keyboard with the Macintosh layout, or the larger Apple Extended Keyboard with a mixed Macintosh/IBM PC layout.
The Apple Extended Keyboard was intended to be used with a IBM PC in a card slot.
That is why it has a layout like a IBM Model M with two Control keys.
It also has some sublegends that are PC-specific and otherwise didn't make sense on Macintosh.
But this keyboard got popular, and influenced its successors.
When Apple introduced the Macintosh II, buyers had the option to get a keyboard with the Macintosh layout, or the larger Apple Extended Keyboard with a mixed Macintosh/IBM PC layout.
The Apple Extended Keyboard was intended to be used with a IBM PC in a card slot. That is why it has a layout like a IBM Model M with two Control keys. It also has some sublegends that are PC-specific and otherwise didn't make sense on Macintosh.
But this keyboard got popular, and influenced its successors.