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> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:19:38 +0000 (UTC)
> From: "Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com>
> 
>    FWIW, I'm using such keyboards for a long time, and I don't have any 
>    significant problems.
> 
> Interesting -- you are the first person I have met who can stand to
> use that keybinding for more than a few minutes.

I simply use my pinky to press Ctrl.

I expect that most Emacs users on Windows can stand to use that
keybinding as well: key remapping is not something Windows users are
used to.  So I don't think I'm such a rare exception...

>    But there are 3 more keys on most modern PC keyboards-- ...
> 
> I have seen that kind of keyboard, although many of the keyboards I
> have seen are different.  What is their type?  xkeycaps lists a large
> number of types, such as `104 key, wide Delete, shorter Enter'

I believe these keyboards are known as ``104 key''.