[Coco] CoCo 1/2 arrow keys versus CoCo 3 arrow keys

[Mark]

On 12/01/2023 4:34 am, Allen Huffman via Coco wrote:

> At the time, I thought it was weird that left/right was on one side
> and up/down was on the other, but as you got used to it, playing
> games like that was super easy — with a thumb on the spacebar to
> “fire” or whatever.

Our first computer was the TRS-80 Model I, with the cursor keys on the 
left and right like the CoCo 1/2. So after many, many hours playing 
games with that layout, it became natural for me. Eventually my father 
bought me a Coco 1, so that layout was perfect.

Ever since "graduating" to a PC, I have never been anywhere near as 
proficient using the clustered arrow keys, even to this day. And sadly, 
on a lot of laptops and compact keyboards, the arrow keys are an 
afterthought...

Regards,

-- 
Mark McDougall
<http://retroports.blogspot.com.au>