mdg@smegma.UUCP (Marc de Groot) (05/16/88)
In article <888@ndsuvax.UUCP> ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby) writes: >In article <460@ghidrah.tessi.UUCP> bobl@tessi.UUCP (Bob Lewis) writes: >>In article <17430@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) writes: >>> I just saw the Novix chip running under the control of the silliest >>>user interface I have ever encountered. This thing has a programmer-oriented >>>interface based on three (3) buttons and a color CRT. No keyboard. The > >Heck, even microwave ovens have more of a keyboard than this. > >I'd also like to know what the intended market for this product is. > Market? I could be wrong, but it is my impression that Chuck Moore (that's Chuck, not Calvin) didn't have any intention of marketing the 3-button keyboard. This is another in a series of experiments that might come under the title "personal research". Chuck originally worked with a keyboard called the "one-hander" where one hand is used with 7 switches to send ASCII. Chuck didn't like how slow that keyboard went, and is now trying other things. This stuff isn't my cup of tea, exactly, (I will stick with QWERTY thank you) but you gotta admire the guy for his discoverer spirit! If Chuck had a marketing department behind him, they'd probably never let him show these experiments in public. Let us consider ourselves fortunate that we get to peek at some of the ideas percolating in his head. -- Marc de Groot (KG6KF) UUCP: {hplabs, sun, ucbvax}!amdcad!uport!smegma!mdg AMATEUR PACKET RADIO: KG6KF @ KB6IRS "Look, he's mounting a tape!" "Quick, throw cold water on him!"
jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) (05/16/88)
In article <396@smegma.UUCP> mdg@smegma.UUCP (Marc de Groot) writes: >Market? I could be wrong, but it is my impression that Chuck Moore (that's >Chuck, not Calvin) didn't have any intention of marketing the 3-button >keyboard. Then what was it doing in a retail outlet, next to the PC clones, running a demo program? John Nagle
mdg@smegma.UUCP (Marc de Groot) (05/17/88)
In article <17449@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes: >In article <396@smegma.UUCP> mdg@smegma.UUCP (Marc de Groot) writes: >>Market? I could be wrong, but it is my impression that Chuck Moore (that's >>Chuck, not Calvin) didn't have any intention of marketing the 3-button >>keyboard. > > Then what was it doing in a retail outlet, next to the PC clones, >running a demo program? > Well, I guess I *am* wrong. What retail outlet did you see this in? -Marc -- Marc de Groot (KG6KF) UUCP: {hplabs, sun, ucbvax}!amdcad!uport!smegma!mdg AMATEUR PACKET RADIO: KG6KF @ KB6IRS "Look, he's mounting a tape!" "Quick, throw cold water on him!"