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G6XGF > IBM 09.11.06 01:30l 60 Lines 2429 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Thanks to Andy (GMHUD
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> GM7HUD wrote:-
>
>> G6XGF wrote:-
>>
>> The best keyboard I've come across so far, is a Logitech.
> Dave, Logitech keyboards might be good but compared to the PS2 original,
they don't come close. ;)
It would be interesting find out what Andy means because the Logitech kbd
I am using at the moment is fast and quiet. It would be hard to think that
anything could be better.
I remember seeing one of the *funny Microsoft* ergnomically shaped
keyboards that Andy referred to later in his msg.
I was taught on a straight keyboard, I could never manage one of those!
Too late to teach a not too old dog new tricks!
I'm surprised to learn that after 25 years, Andy has not yet learned where
the keys are? We had to learn in a few weeks, and pass out (not literally)
at 20 wpm with no uncorrected errors. Playing a keyboard instrument can
help in left/right hand coordination ;-)
ZL3AI wrote:-
> In the mid-1980s I worked with a chap who was I think ex-Navy and had
>been a teleprinter operator. It was interesting to see him typing reports
>on a PC as he was touch-typing but at a regular teleprinter rhythm
instead >of the more common higher speed but irregular rattle of the usual
touch >typists.
What you say is quite correct David. The old teleprinters maximum speed
was 66 wpm. The print head was moved mechanically from one character to
another, like a daisy wheel, so the speed at which you could type was
limited. If you exceeded 66 wpm, it would lock up. There were only three
rows of keys, the top row doubled as figures. There were no lower case
characters. There was a key to switch from letters to figures, and if you
wanted to pause to turn a copy page over, or scratch you nose etc, you
pressed this key in the same rhythm until you were ready to read your copy
again.
Any UK readers might remember when the football results were tx'd live on
a Saturday afternoon, the input coming in live from a teleprinter.
I have seen fast hunt and peck typists. I suspect that these are typing in
as their brain thinks, whereas a touch typist is usually reading from
copy, therefore the fingers do the work and the brain is only a
go-between.
An advantage of using all fingers - they all wear down at the same rate
:-) I'm afraid, these days neither my brain or fingers work all that fast.
Interesting subject and thanks to all who responded.
73 de Dave, G6XGF @ GB7DBY
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