PC/XT keyboard
An 83-key keyboard introduced with the IBM PC in 1981 and the PC XT in 1983. The keyboard introduced the dual-function keypad that switches between numeric entry and cursor movement, which became standard on all the full-size keyboards that followed. See PC keyboard. |
| Enter and Shift Key Bloopers |
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| The small Enter and left Shift keys made typing cumbersome on the first PC keyboards, but these were corrected on the AT keyboard. |
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