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From: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Not an illusion!)
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Subject: Chord Keyboards (was User Interface Standards -- *Keyboards!*)
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Date: 20 Jul 89 14:36:16 GMT
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     While we are on the subject of keyboards, does anyone have some
good references for "chord" style keyboards, where one presses several
keys simultaneously instead of a single keystroke?  It seems to me
that most keyboards are too large, partly because there is one key per
letter.  The keyboards could be made smaller if there was a set of ten
keys, of which different combinations would produce different
letters/keystrokes.  Sure, its not qwerty, but it would make portable
computers a lot smaller.

    So, does anyone have references or more information on chord
keyboards?  Thanks in advance for your help.

						.oO Chris Oo.
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Christopher Lishka                 ...!{rutgers|ucbvax|...}!uwvax!uwslh!lishka
Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene                   lishka%uwslh.uucp@cs.wisc.edu
Data Processing Section  (608)262-4485                       lishka@uwslh.uucp

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