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From: Reed.Hopkins@f7.n125.z1.fidonet.org (Reed Hopkins)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: re: Computer software for MS victim needed.
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Date: 17 Jul 90 19:38:22 GMT
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MW >> The patient has multiple sclerosis, and requires software which
MW >> would adapt a PC so that he only need to hit one key at a time. He
MW >> can use a keyboard to that extent---but cannot hit two keys at once
MW >> (can't hit SHIFT-J, for example, or Alt-F7).

Your patient might want to solve tons of problems by buying a
Macintosh and equipping it with a Kensington Turbomouse, which is a
trackball with a click button AND a click and hold button, which
can be easily operated by anything from a five fingered hand to a
mouthstick. The Macintosh comes with a bit of System Software
called Easy Access which allows people like myself to use multiple
key commands in sequence. It is very simple and very slick, and
doesn't EVER conflict with anything.

The Macintosh is not a keyboard driven machine, though it can be if
one chooses, and the trackball and Easy Access make life easy for
all sorts of people. I'm helpless on a standard MS-DOS machine, but
I'm such a fanatic user of the Mac that I found myself President of
the local Mac User's Group, and proud of it!

Reed Hopkins

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