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From: ih@udel.edu (Charlie Ih)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Poqet PC
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Date: 12 Jun 90 14:13:03 GMT
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In article <JIM.90Jun10115021@baroque.Stanford.EDU> jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) writes:
>
>        I can touch type on it, but would not want to do so for
>extended periods.  The postive key action (it takes some force)
>combined with the short key travel (compared with "real" keyboards,
>anyway), makes for sore fingers after a while.  For short usage, the
>thing I found most annoying was that the space bar must be hit
>directly from above, .......

Under each key, there is a rubber cup which I guess is to protect the
contact and to provide the only spring action (?).  In fact, for
every key you must hit right in the middle. The rubber is too resilient.
The cup should be designed to have better snap action.  The thin
key pads are held in position with only two hooks, one one each side.
For normal keyboards, the keys are refrained from moving sideway
or wobbling, but the Poqet's are not.  As a result of all these,
typing on Poqet is difficult and inconsistent.  As I mentioned in
my previous article, it is a pain.  Under the space bar there are
two rubber cups.  If you hit it in the middle, you have to hit twice
as hard.  You may have to change your typing habit by hitting the
space bar twice as hard or hit near one end.  This may not be easy
if you are using all kind of keyboards.  I hope others have
other and better suggestions.  We may want to collect these suggestions
and send them to Poqet for future improvements.  Otherwise the
Poqet is a very neat machine (or toy).

Charles S. Ih
302-451-8173