becker@uiucdcs.UUCP (07/09/83)
#N:uiucdcs:10600110:000:423 uiucdcs!becker Jul 8 08:15:00 1983 concerning Laura's note on Dvorak keyboards: what does the key layout look like and how does one get the Dvorak keyboard on an HP? i would also like to hear about any other alternative style keyboards. someone once told me about something called a "right-hander", which was a special keyboard that only required one hand (you can use the other to drink coffee at the terminal). anybody know any details? thanks, craig
grunwald@uiuccsb.UUCP (07/09/83)
#R:uiucdcs:10600110:uiuccsb:9900001:000:439 uiuccsb!grunwald Jul 8 17:49:00 1983 A couple years ago, Byte had an article about a chording keyboard (one where you press several keys at once to represent a symbol) which looked like it was the size of 1/2 a grapefruit and had 6 buttons. Also, chording keyboards are available for computers. I've seen them sold in magizines. The postal service use these sorts of things. Some of them only require one had, leaving the other free for (let us say) a mouse or lightpen.
kolstad@parsec.UUCP (07/12/83)
#R:uiucdcs:10600110:parsec:38800003:000:358 parsec!kolstad Jul 10 13:56:00 1983 Grunwald and I both know one Andrew Shapira who can type very well on either the Dvorak or conventional keyset. He has been known on typing tests (a la Plato, the UI CAI computer) to type in excess of 150 WPM for conventional keysets and 165 WPM for dvorak keysets. He began his career early and, I believe, can continue to type on either keyset. Rk
rcj@burl.UUCP (07/20/83)
Indeed, chording keyboards are also used on stenographer's machines. They must be quite fast when mastered. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj