so, in the middle of the chat session about an
os x hotkey combination, a friend asks why exactly it is that i keep
referring to the command key as the “open apple” key. for the
life of me i can’t remember, but a quick
googling
reveals command key
truth and fiction and inadvertantly reveals just how old school i am:
“Old-time Apple II users will note that even on modern
Macs, such as the iceBook I am using to type this article, there is
an Apple symbol on the same key. Beginners sometimes call this the
“Apple key” for this reason. Old-timers call it the “open-apple
key,” because on the old Apple II there was a dark Apple key
(“closed Apple”) and an outline Apple key (“open”). Eventually the
second one was dropped.”